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
The National Weather Service had issued red flag warnings of doomsday gusts as fierce as 90 mph.
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This underground doomsday bunker complex will act as a fortified sanctuary, setting the stage for a revolutionary new global network.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
More-efficient technologies would reduce coal consumption, and then maybe the coal-less doomsday could be averted for a long time.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
This underground doomsday bunker complex will act as a fortified sanctuary, setting the stage for a revolutionary new global network.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
More-efficient technologies would reduce coal consumption, and then maybe the coal-less doomsday could be averted for a long time.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
For the first time in three years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the metaphorical clock up one second to 89 seconds before midnight, the theoretical doomsday mark.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
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However, he’s also had his share of expensive disasters, such as Joao Felix, Santiago Arias and Nikola Kalinić.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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All the while, he’s typically dressed in a form-fitting dress, a shoulder-length wig and heeled boots (because open-toed shoes around hatchets and augers could spell disaster).—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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The Bondsman never seems to know quite how seriously to take the state of Hub’s soul, or the looming possibility of apocalypse, or all the many, many deaths along the way.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2025
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But these posthumous men have already survived an apocalypse of a kind.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The building collapse near the city's Chatuchak Market killed at least three people, Thai National Institute for Emergency Medicine said at 4:20 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. ET).—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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Andoni Iraola has watched with difficulty as his team’s phenomenal campaign has teetered on the edge of collapse.—
Sam Tighe,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Room Next Door shares the same theme, allowing director Pedro Almodóvar to address Covid-era tragedy, much as directing team Scott McGehee and David Siegel do in The Friend.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer’s passion for performing was fostered early — during an active, adventurous childhood in Chatsworth, Calif., making homemade films and plays alongside his brothers Mark and Wesley — and also shaped by tragedy.—
Kara Warner,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The backlash on Wall Street and among EV buyers feels like Armageddon, with vandalism at Tesla showrooms and charging stations over Musk’s politics.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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Two of your biggest and most beloved 1990s hits have, a bit surprisingly, never had sequels, The Rock and Armageddon.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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Despite the calamity over the fees themselves, U.S. sentiment toward the actions against China are largely supported by citizens and lawmakers across parties—especially the latter, which have introducing bipartisan legislation to revitalize American shipbuilding.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Mar. 2025
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Wildcat Dome’s characters can’t escape the calamities that marked their lives—and their country’s history.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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