the apocalypse

noun

: the end or destruction of the world especially as described in the Christian Bible

Some people believed the apocalypse would happen in the year 2000.

waiting for the apocalypse

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This film is almost like a prologue to a zombie movie — showing the world collapsing around the protagonist before the apocalypse begins. —

Ben Croll, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 Adrienne LaFrance: Humanity’s enduring obsession with the apocalypse These are more than just Hollywood tropes. —

Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024 From the very beginning, the heroes of The Umbrella Academy have spent every season finale fending off the apocalypse. —

Scott Meslow, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024 In The Ones Who Live, our heroes encounter a completely powered and secure apartment, completely randomly, still untouched by the end of the world a decade plus into the apocalypse. —

Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the apocalypse

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