as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions
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Recent Examples of apocalypse
As the game’s writer and creative director, Druckmann was the lead architect of its astonishing story of grief and trauma amid a zombie apocalypse.
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Post-rationalists, by contrast, take a range of attitudes toward that approaching apocalypse.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Feb. 2025
While most EVs seemed designed for a smaller, smoother future, the Cybertruck appears poised to help its owners survive a coming apocalypse in style and comfort.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
The end of the world is usually dramatized as convulsive and feverish, but population loss is an apocalypse on an installment plan.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Post-rationalists, by contrast, take a range of attitudes toward that approaching apocalypse.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 24 Feb. 2025
While most EVs seemed designed for a smaller, smoother future, the Cybertruck appears poised to help its owners survive a coming apocalypse in style and comfort.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocalypse
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The disaster led to passage of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act, which in turn added the miners' surveillance program under the respiratory health division at NIOSH.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Last month, the EU Commission urged its 450 million citizens to stockpile enough food, water and essentials for 72 hours in the event of emergencies like cyberattacks, climate disasters, disease and also geopolitical conflicts.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer’s passion for performing was fostered early — during an active, adventurous childhood in Chatsworth, Calif., making homemade films and plays alongside his brothers Mark and Wesley — and also shaped by tragedy.—
Kara Warner,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Room Next Door shares the same theme, allowing director Pedro Almodóvar to address Covid-era tragedy, much as directing team Scott McGehee and David Siegel do in The Friend.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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The historical upward trajectory of the stock market has reduced the greatest economic calamity in U.S. history into a blip.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Southeast Asian region continues to grapple with the calamity's aftereffects.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocalypse. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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