Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Bible The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world.
- n. A decisive or catastrophic conflict.
Wiktionary
- n. Christianity, Islam The site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
- n. The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
- n. Any great and crucial conflict.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any catastrophically destructive battle
- n. (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
Etymologies
- From Hebrew הר מגידו (har megiddo), used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment. (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin Armagedōn, from Greek, from Hebrew har məgiddô, the mountain region of Megiddo : har, mountain; see hrr in Semitic roots + məgiddô, Megiddo. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“White House budget director Jacob Lew used the word "Armageddon" three times on Sunday talk shows, saying a default could lead to a financial crisis that would send interest rates rising and drive up the cost of credit for all Americans.”
The Wall Street Journal: Senate Debt Plan Promises Months of Budget Wrangling
“I also hate it when Ramon, Herbal Tattooist to the Stars, has misspelled the word "Armageddon.”
“He used the word Armageddon, of which I had only previously heard mention in the Bible.”
“The destruction envisioned by an impact of such an object has brought a new undertone to the word Armageddon.”
“Mr. Lew on Sunday used the word "Armageddon" three times, saying a default could lead to a calamitous financial crisis that would send interest rates rising and drive up the cost of credit for all Americans.”
“Fawcett survived public-school canings, military academy tortures and the Battle of the Somme, which he called Armageddon, forging himself into a "Nietzschean explorer.”
“In addition, "Frank Poole" (the movie astronaut killed by HAL 9000) and "Harry Stamper" (Bruce Willis in "Armageddon") are still unwavering in their support of Mike as well.”
“Except, as previously noted, the Apollo 1 site ... somehow, the scene in "Armageddon" that was filmed there wouldn't have had quite the historical impact if the plaque had been located at the Visitor's Center near the Memorial Wall.”
“As I said, it has a larger focus on the Elves, although we will also follow the other characters and find out the secrets some of them were concealing in Armageddon's Children.”
An interview with Terry Brooks about his new series that begins with Armageddon's Children
“Both the hard core religious Right and the liberal soccer mothers believe that Armageddon is inevitable if we decriminalize mind altering drugs.”
Friedman Interview, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘Armageddon’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
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RELI - words you immediately associat...
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MUSIC - metal
Names of heavy / black / thrash / sludge / speed / death / glam metal + thrashcore bands + some basic vocabulary. There is a naming contest going on between Hell and Heaven.
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solutions
one word (preferably / not a must). terms that solved, help solve or theoretically will solve the world's problems (past, present, future).
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Misspelled
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double letters
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