apocalyptic
adjective/əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/
/əˌpɑːkəˈlɪptɪk/
- describing very serious damage and destruction in past or future events
- an apocalyptic view of history
- apocalyptic warnings of the end of society
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- like the end of the world
- an apocalyptic scene
Word Originearly 17th cent. (as a noun denoting St. John, the writer of the Apocalypse, the book of Revelation in the Bible): from Greek apokaluptikos, from apokaluptein ‘uncover’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.
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