apocalypse

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  1. noun Bible The Book of Revelation.
  2. noun Any of a number of anonymous Jewish or Christian texts from around the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. containing prophetic or symbolic visions, especially of the imminent destruction of the world and the salvation of the righteous.
  3. noun Great or total devastation; doom: the apocalypse of nuclear war.
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  • Kalnins is also a subscriber to the "last days" belief held by a section of Christian fundamentalists that the apocalypse is at hand. —  Latest entries from edstrong.blog-city.com
  • What George Orwell would make of our financial 'apocalypse': As we stagger helplessly into the swallowing fog of financial apocalypse, allow me to float an idea. —  California Literary Review
  • While quite a ride, I felt a little unsatisfied that the reason for the apocalypse was never given, but I guess that was the point.
  • When they're finally able to see the merits of his paranoia, the apocalypse is almost upon them. —  post-gazette.com - News
  • The latest sign of the apocalypse was spotted in the Pepsi Center when a fan seated near the Mavericks 'bench was wearing a sweatshirt that boldly proclaimed: CUBAN, 2012. —  Dallas Mavericks
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  1. Middle English Apocalipse, from Late Latin Apocalypsis, from Greek apokalupsis, revelation, Apocalypse, from apokaluptein, to uncover : apo-, apo- + kaluptein, to cover; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English apocalipse, -lyps, etc., abbreviation pocalyps, from Latin apocalypsis, from Greek ἀποκα)λυψις, an uncovering, revelation, from ἀποκαλυπτειν, uncover, reveal, from ἀπό, from, + καλύπτειν, cover.
 

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