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
The National Weather Service had issued red flag warnings of doomsday gusts as fierce as 90 mph.
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This underground doomsday bunker complex will act as a fortified sanctuary, setting the stage for a revolutionary new global network.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
More-efficient technologies would reduce coal consumption, and then maybe the coal-less doomsday could be averted for a long time.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This underground doomsday bunker complex will act as a fortified sanctuary, setting the stage for a revolutionary new global network.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
More-efficient technologies would reduce coal consumption, and then maybe the coal-less doomsday could be averted for a long time.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
Noun
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However, almost everyone agrees that a closer examination is needed after the disaster at DCA.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine shocked the world, contaminating regions across Eastern Europe and affecting millions.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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That backstory comes well before the suggestion of an imminent apocalypse that lends a dread-like quality to the trailer for a movie told in reverse chronological order.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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The horsemen of the SaaS apocalypse are productivity gains, structural changes in software and investor sentiment.—
Ron Williams,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Three people were injured following a wheelchair ramp collapse at The Knights of Columbus in Putnam on Saturday, according to the Putnam Fire Department.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Such glaciation could have been driven by dramatic reductions in the levels of atmospheric ozone due to a near-Earth core collapse supernovae.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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The rush occurred mere weeks before Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach’s planned announcement of their spa updates; the tragedy in Los Angeles simply moved up the timeline for the quiet, coastal community’s merits as a luxury wellness hub.—
Jessica Ourisman,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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And that March, tragedy struck when three people died in a fatal crowd surge at her concert with Finesse2tymes in Rochester, N.Y.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Armageddon actor celebrated his 70th birthday on Wednesday, March 19, surrounded by his daughters, ex-wife Demi Moore, wife Emma Heming Willis and his 23-month-old granddaughter Louetta, whom his daughter Rumer and her ex-boyfriend, Derek Richard Thomas, welcomed in April 2023.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Even so, war games suggest that any use, no matter how limited, would immediately lead to uncontrollable escalation, and possibly Armageddon.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2025
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More than once, that passivity slipped into calamity.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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To reach him in Crooks Springs, Sara enlists the assistance of a guide named Isaac Reed, depicted by a gritty and valiant Taylor Kitsch, also from Friday Night Lights, who leads their small band in the face of calamities climatic, financial, and violent.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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