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doomsday

noun

Definition of doomsdaynext
as in disaster
the day the world ends or is destroyed a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions

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Recent Examples of doomsday Worries over doomsday scenarios tied to increasingly powerful technology skyrocketed last week after an Anthropic employee resigned, saying AI companies were gambling with humanity’s future. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 That’s been the question on the minds of everyone who follows tech closely, especially this week as AI doomsday anxiety broke through to the mainstream. — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026 But Sunday’s season opener, going up against a Tennessee Titans team now led by Saleh, has a more doomsday feel than usual for the Jets. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Rather than simply predicting a doomsday plot, the main purpose of this release is to outline a pathway with the necessary steps to set things on the right track. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doomsday
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
  1. disaster
  2. apocalypse
  3. catastrophe
  4. collapse
  5. tragedy
  6. Armageddon
  7. calamity
Noun
  • Los Angeles County officials aim to break ground on the new Eaton Canyon Nature Center before 2028, with plans to construct a facility that can withstand the region’s changing climate and future disasters.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Challenger disaster was of course the 1986 explosion of NASA’s eponymous space shuttle shortly after launch, which left all seven crew members dead.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of disaster
Noun
  • His character in Resident Evil serves the opposite role of the normie who simply does not want to acknowledge the unfolding of an apocalypse around him.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Continue reading … Who quit his job and predicted an AI apocalypse?
    — , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of apocalypse
Noun
  • Sometimes a president doesn’t have to ask for the country’s attention, because catastrophe has already gathered it.
    — John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The catastrophe was a reminder of not only the destructiveness of Israeli bombing, but also the depth of the continuing privation in Gaza today.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of catastrophe
Noun
  • When Green Bay lost its 12-point lead en route to a blowout Sunday, the collapse revived alarm bells about the team’s ability to close out games.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The department said eight units of an apartment building on Grace Avenue above the collapse were evacuated.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of collapse
Noun
  • The Edmiston family looks forward to bringing accountability to those who exploited tragedy to divide and injure.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But Pavese understood that the only lesson tragedy really teaches is that there is no end to suffering.
    — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tragedy
Noun
  • The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
  • Good Omens is the story of an angel, Aziraphale (Sheen), and a demon, Crowley (Tennant), who gradually become friends over the millennia and team up to avert Armageddon.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
Definition of Armageddon
Noun
  • But Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research, doesn't think investors should fear another market calamity.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Analysts who spoke to ABC News disagreed sharply about the likelihood of such a calamity, however.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of calamity

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