as in apocalypse
a final destructive battle or conflict
trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon
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Recent Examples of Armageddon
While that really isn't saying much, at least Deep Impact sends a team of astronauts (led by Robert Duvall) rather than drillers to deal with the comet hurtling toward Earth, deflecting Ben Affleck's famous critique of Armageddon.
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
In Armageddon, a wildly-improbable effort by a team of offshore drillers saves Earth from an asteroid impact; in Deep Impact, a similarly-improbable effort fails to save Earth from a comet (so the summer ends in a cinematic tie).
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
In reality, what followed was not Armageddon but détente.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Gervais’ standup comedy specials Armageddon, Supernature and Humanity are also streaming on Netflix.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 3 July 2025
In Armageddon, a wildly-improbable effort by a team of offshore drillers saves Earth from an asteroid impact; in Deep Impact, a similarly-improbable effort fails to save Earth from a comet (so the summer ends in a cinematic tie).
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
In reality, what followed was not Armageddon but détente.
—Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Gervais’ standup comedy specials Armageddon, Supernature and Humanity are also streaming on Netflix.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Armageddon
Noun
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If the answer was yes, then the jobs apocalypse might arrive sooner than even Amodei had predicted.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
27 June 2025
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Like yesterday, and the days before, she is interred in the ground up to her waist, the afterthought of some unnamed apocalypse.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
22 June 2025
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For these communities and others like them (our thoughts are with the people of Central Texas), several days of disaster usually means years of arduous reconstruction.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Additionally, the general public came to mistrust and reject nuclear energy projects, further disillusioned by the Three Mile Island disaster.—
Time,
Time,
15 July 2025
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