END-TIMES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

end-times

noun

plural of end-time

as in apocalypses

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Noun

There are some apocalypses, the song seems to suggest, where no redemptive beauty can be found.

— Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
There’s a lot of apocalypses happening now in this world, major ones.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of apocalypses

Noun

The protagonist becomes a wise-guy version of Benjamin’s Angel of History, watching calamities accumulate before his eyes.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of calamities

Noun

As the emergencies, disasters, and triumphs repeated at the magazine, the job started to chafe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2026
Simiyu added that one lesson from previous flooding disasters was the need for stronger coordination among agencies responding to emergencies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

Since Benson and her co-authors met in Oviedo, weather catastrophes have multiplied, oceans have acidified and the amount of carbon in the atmosphere has soared.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
With that in mind, here’s a look at three new books shaped by catastrophes large and small.

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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