Armageddon
noun
Ar·ma·ged·don ˌär-mə-ˈge-dᵊn 
1
a
: the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil
b
: the battle taking place at Armageddon
2
: a usually vast decisive conflict or confrontation
Example Sentences
the threat of nuclear Armageddon
Word History
Etymology
Greek Armageddōn, Harmagedōn, scene of the battle foretold in Revelation 16:14–16
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Armageddon
noun
as in apocalypse
a final destructive battle or conflict trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- apocalypse
- catastrophe
- disaster
- doomsday
- calamity
- collapse
- bloodbath
- tragedy
- cataclysm
- end-time
- debacle
- meltdown
- upheaval
- débâcle
- crash
- convulsion
- accident
- blast
- fatality
- blow
- paroxysm
- misfortune
- misadventure
- casualty
- mishap
- double whammy
- mischance
- one-two punch
- one-two
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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- manna
- godsend
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- prince royal
- prince ru
- Prince Rupert drop
- prince rupert's drop
- Prince Rupert's Land
- Prince Rupert's metal
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- Prince William Sound
- prince's feather
- prince's lengths
- Prince's metal
- prince's pine
- prince's reckoning
- prince's-plume
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- prince-bishop
- Prince-of-Wales'-feather
- Prince-of-Wales'-heath
- princedom
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- princekin
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