Armageddon

noun

Definition of Armageddonnext
as in apocalypse
a final destructive battle or conflict trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon

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Recent Examples of Armageddon Good Omens is the story of an angel, Aziraphale (Sheen), and a demon, Crowley (Tennant), who gradually become friends over the millennia and team up to avert Armageddon. — ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 Movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact have wetted the public's appetite for the ins and outs of planetary defense. — Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2026 Gray is a favorite on the Croisette, with five of his previous films, including his last feature, Armageddon Time, screening in competition. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 Good Omens is the story of an angel, Aziraphale (Michael Sheen), and a demon, Crowley (David Tennant), who gradually become friends over the millennia and team up to avert Armageddon. — ArsTechnica, 15 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Armageddon
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  1. apocalypse
  2. catastrophe
  3. disaster
Noun
  • Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Messages break down, signals decay, information rots; the stuff of everyday data dystopia and media apocalypse, but in Braxton’s hands, raw material to be shaped into something recombinant and strange.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of apocalypse
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  • Summary Coastal and high-risk hotels face soaring insurance premiums, up 45-100%, as natural catastrophe losses escalate.
    — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • That didn’t stop catastrophes like the 2018 fire in the Sierra foothills that destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of catastrophe
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  • Displaced from their homes, hundreds of families resettled on the low-lying banks of the Trishuli river – only to face yet another horrific disaster on Wednesday.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Purchase and install emergency generators, integrate electrical systems, and conduct testing and preparedness activities so participating rural hospitals can maintain critical services during outages and disasters.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
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