as in disaster
the day the world ends or is destroyed
a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions
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Recent Examples of doomsday
Her doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in the state.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could significantly shrink.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Yet amid this darkness of an atomic doomsday hovering over the Earth, Pope Francis said a new ray of light and hope had appeared on the horizon, in the form of overwhelming UN support for a treaty mandating the dismantling of the world’s nuclear stockpiles.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The backlash was pretty severe, leading to protests and declining attendance, as well as a hostile response from Eli’s brother-in-law Peter (Steve Zahn), who lost thousands investing in the buckets and would establish a militia full of doomsday preppers.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
If the state would fund its mandates, the doomsday budget cuts looming over the 1.2 million weekday RTA riders could significantly shrink.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
Noun
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States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump reversed a decision by his administration to deny a major disaster declaration for the March 14-15 storms that devastated much of north Arkansas.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2025
Noun
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That was just one of the invigorating new ideas Danny Boyle brought to the zombie apocalypse genre with 28 Days Later in 2002.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Time,
16 May 2025
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Attendees were angry about potential automation, copyright infringement, affronts to human dignity, and a robot apocalypse.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
Noun
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There were also signs of lung collapse and fluid buildup (edema).—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2025
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Meanwhile, rural hospitals — already on the brink of collapse — will close their doors, leaving entire communities without access to emergency care.—
Brian Castrucci,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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And a drowning tragedy struck a TikTok influencer's family.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Few legacies in American motorsports carry the same weight, and even fewer families are as synonymous with both triumph and tragedy.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The urgency and stakes of this real-time Armageddon could not be higher for the profession, clients, society at large, US/global democracy, the US/global economy, and the post-World War II global order.—
Mark A. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Ben Affleck can’t believe Armageddon is in the Criterion Collection either.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Altogether, the strength of ticket sales for such a chaotic jumble of movies indicated a return from the brink after a cascading series of showbiz calamities stretching from the N95 era to the Hollywood strikes to the Los Angeles wildfires.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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The America that emerges from this growing constitutional and political calamity Trump has created will not be the same as the America that entered it.—
Patrick Eddington,
Oc Register,
18 May 2025
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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