as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions
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Recent Examples of apocalypse
What is the worst animal to run into during a zombie apocalypse?
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
For another end of the world that features not a bang but a whimper, try Julia Armfield’s Private Rites, which stars three sisters dealing with the death of their cruel genius father in the midst of a watery apocalypse.
—Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Or maybe people don’t always have radical changes in their middle age like this very often, and the natural leader in an apocalypse would have been a natural leader in the world before the zombies also.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
For another end of the world that features not a bang but a whimper, try Julia Armfield’s Private Rites, which stars three sisters dealing with the death of their cruel genius father in the midst of a watery apocalypse.
—Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Or maybe people don’t always have radical changes in their middle age like this very often, and the natural leader in an apocalypse would have been a natural leader in the world before the zombies also.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocalypse
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About that Biden debate disaster… No one disputes thatBiden had an unmitigated disaster of a debate on June 27.Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the disaster, lessons have been learned, and steps taken to ensure Notre Dame’s protection in the future.Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Here is where the films of Mike Leigh, a master of human tragedy and everyday comedy, land on a scale of tragic-comic circumstances.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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This monumental tragedy about today and tomorrow used its size and awe to burrow bold ideas into the multiplex.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The calamity beneath the surface, however, sends our heroes on a race to save 40 people trapped deep underground, including two of their own.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Bears’ latest calamity ended Thursday with an absolutely astounding final-minute fiasco.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocalypse. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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