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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
1. 
a prophetic disclosure or revelation
2. 
an event of great importance, violence, etc, like the events described in the Apocalypse
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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
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
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
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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Nearby words of 'apocalypse'

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  • apoapsis
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  • apocalyptic
  • apocalyptical
  • apocalypticism

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  • the Apocalypse
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