Definition of 'apocalypse'

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apocalypse (əpɒkəlɪps )

singular 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.

Synonyms: destruction, holocaust, havoc, devastation More Synonyms of apocalypse

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apocalypse (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 (əˈpɒkəlɪps )

noun

Bible

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

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apocalypse in American English (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'

Loretta's damned astrologer knew more than he realized, with his insinuations of Geary family secrets and predictions of apocalypse.

Clive Barker GALILEE (2001)

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.

Brazilian Portuguese: apocalipse
Chinese: 末日灾难
European Spanish: apocalipsis
French: apocalypse
German: Apokalypse
Italian: apocalisse
Japanese: 大惨事
Korean: 세계의 종말
Portuguese: apocalipse
Spanish: apocalipsis