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 Faris embraced Laurie with frizzy blonde hair and doomsday preparations as a result of her traumatic experiences. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Trading the doomsday script for innovation, adaptation and development would save trillions of dollars — and do far more for both people and the planet. — Bjorn Lomborg, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 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 That doomsday scenario came to pass in devastating fashion on Wednesday, when two massive, back-to-back quakes damaged or collapsed scores of buildings, leaving at least 1,430 dead, more than 3,200 injured and spurring a desperate search for survivors buried beneath the rubble. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for doomsday

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Noun

Rodríguez said numerous public officials died in the disaster, including security personnel, municipal employees and military officers.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 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

Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.

— Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of collapse

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

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
There have been few comments about improvements or calamities, other than the usual notes that battery life was reduced immediately after installation, which is commonplace.

— David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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