DOOMSDAY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

doomsday

noun

Definition of doomsday

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 When the Iran war broke out, analysts almost unanimously warned that a three-month closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be a doomsday scenario for the global oil system. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 But that is doomsday-thinking, and a 4-1 victory does not deserve such doubts. — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026 Faris embraced Laurie with frizzy blonde hair and doomsday preparations as a result of her traumatic experiences. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Tomorrow may, in fact, be doomsday. — Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for doomsday

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Noun

Daniel had arrived back in Venezuela the day of the disaster, after being deported from the United States.

— Susana Erazo, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The discrepancy is even more apparent when analyzing major disaster declarations based on presidential elections.

— David A. Lieb, Fortune, 16 July 2026

Definition of disaster

Noun

The same year, another, longer-running TV version focused on the story of survivors after an alien apocalypse that had wiped out most of the Earth's population.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 July 2026
Closing the Manhattan Bridge, diverting traffic, and managing the safety of staging a zombie apocalypse downtown required the cooperation and manpower of multiple agencies with their own sets of pressing priorities and responsibilities.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 June 2026

Definition of apocalypse

Noun

In the work of fiction, the ship is taken over to prevent catastrophe.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026
The young girls are referred to as Heaven’s 27 by their surviving families, who are determined to honor their legacy by ensuring such a catastrophe never happens again.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of catastrophe

Noun

But analysts such as London and Malick don’t see anything coming as severe as the housing collapse that triggered the 2008 Great Recession, or even very much negative about the current situation.

— Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Friday’s national collapse of the electricity system is the fourth this year.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Definition of collapse

Noun

Delivery had been delayed as the city grappled with the tragedy, a small but unforgettable reminder that Atlanta’s celebration had changed overnight.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
Yellowstone sees the most deaths during the tourist months running from May through October, with July featuring nearly 25 percent of all recorded tragedies.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026

Definition of tragedy

Noun

The atom bomb was the hot force which secularized Armageddon.

— Ed Simon August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
Entire ecosystems of expertise had blossomed in academia and government to model the scenarios that might lead to Armageddon, and the resulting game theory, though sophisticated, was relatively straightforward.

— Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025

Definition of Armageddon

Noun

To say everything went wrong would be to undersell the scope of the calamity.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 7 July 2026
The operation was a testament to the growing effectiveness of a multinational collection of urban search-and-rescue squads — known as USAR — that have become ubiquitous life-savers at epicenters of calamity across the globe.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

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