Theapocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
Some people believe an apocalypse is going to happen today.
Synonyms: destruction, holocaust, havoc, devastation More Synonyms of apocalypse
apocalypse in British English
(əˈpɒkəlɪps)
noun
1.
a prophetic disclosure or revelation
2.
an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse
Word origin
C13: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from apo- + kaluptein to hide
Apocalypse in British English
(əˈpɒkəlɪps)
noun
Bible
(in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation
apocalypse in American English
(əˈpɑkəˌlɪps)
noun
1.
any of various Jewish and Christian pseudonymous writings (c. 200 b.c.-c. a.d. 300) depicting symbolically the ultimate destruction of evil and triumph of good
2.
a disclosure regarded as prophetic; revelation
3.
a cataclysmic event, esp. the sudden and violent end of the world
4. [A-]
the last book of the New Testament; Revelation
Word origin
LL(Ec) apocalypsis < Gr apokalypsis < apokalyptein, to disclose < apo-, from + kalyptein, to cover < IE base *el- > hall
Examples of 'apocalypse' in a sentence
apocalypse
The struggle against pollution, the battle for the earth, averting a self-inflicted apocalypse.
Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE (2001)
Young people to prevent the apocalypse which is creeping up on us in the very midst of our plenty.
Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE (2001)
Lyman Lamartine would somehow wangle his way out of the great Native apocalypse.
Erdrich, Louise THE BINGO PALACE (2001)
In other languages
apocalypse
British English: apocalypse NOUN
The apocalypse is the total destruction and end of the world.
We live in the shadow of the apocalypse, of a catastrophe that will mean the end of the world itself.
American English: apocalypse
Brazilian Portuguese: apocalipse
Chinese: 末日灾难
European Spanish: apocalipsis
French: apocalypse
German: Apokalypse
Italian: apocalisse
Japanese: 大惨事
Korean: 세계의 종말
European Portuguese: apocalipse
Latin American Spanish: apocalipsis
(noun)
We live in the shadow of the apocalypse.
Synonyms
destruction
the extensive destruction caused by the rioters
holocaust
A nuclear holocaust seemed a very real possibility in the '50s.
havoc
Rioters caused havoc in the centre of the town.
devastation
A huge bomb blast brought devastation to the centre of the city.
carnage
Their peaceful protest ended in carnage.
conflagration
All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration.
cataclysm
the cataclysm that was overwhelming Europe before the Second World War
subject word lists
See Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Additional synonyms
in the sense of carnage
Definition
extensive slaughter of people
Their peaceful protest ended in carnage.
Synonyms
slaughter,
murder,
massacre,
holocaust,
havoc,
bloodshed,
shambles,
mass murder,
butchery,
blood bath
in the sense of cataclysm
Definition
a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood
the cataclysm that was overwhelming Europe before the Second World War
Synonyms
disaster,
collapse,
catastrophe,
upheaval,
debacle,
devastation,
calamity
in the sense of conflagration
Definition
a large destructive fire
All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration.