Armageddon

noun

Ar·ma·ged·don ˌär-mə-ˈge-dᵊn

Synonyms of Armageddon next

: the site or time of a final and conclusive battle between the forces of good and evil

: the battle taking place at Armageddon

: a usually vast decisive conflict or confrontation

Example Sentences

the threat of nuclear Armageddon

Recent Examples on the Web For example, the Judiciary Committee will need to sort out copyright questions, the Armed Services Committee will handle questions of war, peace, and nuclear Armageddon (concerns Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, has raised). —

Matt Laslo, WIRED, 26 June 2023 Six decades before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, there was the Cuban Missile Crisis, the first showdown between nuclear powers that historians say could have sparked a global Armageddon. —

Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2022 The good news is that the true Armageddon situation for Stadia customers is not happening. —

Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Sep. 2022 Six Feet Under, The Conjuring), Lewis Pullman (Top Gun: Maverick), and Will Patton (Yellowstone, Armageddon). —

Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 15 Apr. 2022 Early Jehovah’s Witnesses believed 1914 would be the beginning of the end of worldly governments, which would culminate with the Battle of Armageddon. —

Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2023 That is why each side sees every election now as a mini Armageddon. —

Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023 See More

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