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apocalypse

[uh-pok-uh-lips] / əˈpɒk ə lɪps /


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One theory describes an almost complete apocalypse, with human populations abruptly disappearing from areas closest to the eruption.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The satire from director Alejandro González Iñárritu about an impending climate change apocalypse has divided critics, yielding very mixed reviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

People who know Tallinn describe him as surprisingly upbeat, despite his deep fears of an AI apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She sent Grace off with three crates of supplies, which her daughter described as being "stocked for the apocalypse just in case anything went awry".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

They could come wordless into the house of any Marine family, but no matter how they came or what shape or appearance they assumed, their very presence was the equivalent of some form of apocalypse.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

So I decided that I needed to give this class to my students, because they needed to know that apocalypses have been around for thousands of years, and nothing ever happens.

From Salon ● May 22, 2024

The game has no guns, no Marios, no apocalypses.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Burns and his co-showrunner, Dorothy Fortenberry, argue that film and TV have their own version of the same problem: Climate apocalypses create immediate drama and character-level tension.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

I’m referring here not to Covid-19 but to the many plagues that have kicked off TV apocalypses in recent years.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

But it did not imply, any more than it implies now, either a chronological datum or a prophetic picture of the social organization like those in the apocalypses and the ancient prophesies.

From Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History by Antonio Labriola


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