doomsday

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The agency's response was to enact what it called a doomsday budget, with 25 to 30 per cent fare increases and substantial service reductions.

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  1. noun Judgment Day.
  2. idiom til For all time; forever.

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  • California doomsday: State could run out of cash in 5 weeks; budget crisis may bring ... —  WN.com - Business News
  • I swear they had like a doomsday-terrorist attack simulation on CNN like a year ago. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • But while all the media hype made April 1 sound like a potential doomsday, the quiet does nothing to alleviate concern over the worm's ultimate mission. —  GMSV
  • "Midnight" on the clock represents doomsday, and, obviously, the closer the hands are to midnight, the closer we are to total annhilation. —  mental_floss Blog
  • Mish says that while Schiff has been essentially correct about doomsday, his actual investment portfolio got the details completely wrong, especially in its short-dollar orientation. —  Latest Articles
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  1. Middle English domesday, from Old English dōmes dæg : dōmes, genitive of dōm, judgment; see doom + dæg, day; see day.

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  1. from Middle English domesdai, domesdeie, etc., from Anglo-Saxon dōmes dæg, day of doom, i. e., of judgment: dōmes, genitive of dōm, doom, judgment; dæg, day. Cf. doomday.
 

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