apocalypse
noun /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
/əˈpɑːkəlɪps/
- [singular, uncountable] the destruction of the world
- Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
- the Apocalypse[singular] the end of the world, as described in the Bible
- [singular] a situation causing very serious damage and destruction
- an environmental apocalypse
Word OriginOld English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.