Definition of 'apocalypse'

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apocalypse

(əpɒkəlɪps )

singular noun

The apocalypse 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

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apocalypse in British

(əˈpɒkəlɪps )

noun

a prophetic disclosure or revelation

an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse

Word origin of 'apocalypse'

C13: from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein to disclose, from apo- + kaluptein to hide

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Apocalypse in British

(əˈpɒkəlɪps )

noun

Bible

(in the Vulgate and Douay versions of the Bible) the Book of Revelation

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apocalypse in American

(əˈpɑkəˌlɪps ; əpäkˈəlipsˌ)

noun

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

a disclosure regarded as prophetic; revelation

a cataclysmic event, esp. the sudden and violent end of the world

4. [A-]

the last book of the New Testament; Revelation

Word origin of 'apocalypse'

LL(Ec) apocalypsis < Gr apokalypsis < apokalyptein, to disclose < apo-, from + kalyptein, to cover < IE base *57457el- > hall

Example sentences containing 'apocalypse'

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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)

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Translations for '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
Spanish: apocalipsis

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