apocalypse

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Synonyms: apocolypse, apocalypso, airpocalypse, apocalypses, apocalypsis, apocalypto

Antonyms: apocolypse, apocalypso, airpocalypse, apocalypses, apocalypsis, apocalypto

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Noun

1. A [[revealing#Noun|revealing]], especially a [[prophecy#Noun|prophecy]] of, or the [[unfolding#Noun|unfolding]] of, supernatural events. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
2. A huge [[disaster]]; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|Christianity}} The [[unveiling]] of events [[prophesied]] in the [[w:Book of Revelation|Revelation]]; the [[second coming]] and the end of life on [[Earth]]; global destruction. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|Christianity}} The [[w:Book of Revelation|Book of Revelation]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|uncommon|chiefly|Christianity}} To [[reveal]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal|rare}} To [[dwell]] on a huge [[disaster]] one [[expect]]s to [[take place]].
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|informal|rare}} To [[bring about]] (a huge [[disaster]]).

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|countable|biblical}} The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
2. {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[Revelation]] {{gloss|last book of the {{l|en|Bible}}, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the [[end times]]}}.
3. [[Armageddon#Proper noun|Armageddon]]: the destructive [[end of the world]].

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