doomsday

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doomsday

A family stores food and water in their basement for doomsday.

Definition

Noun 1. The day of the Last Judgment; the end of the world. In Christian eschatology, this is the final day when God judges all of humanity and the world ends. 2. A time or event of catastrophic destruction or ultimate crisis. Used figuratively to describe any situation perceived as a final, disastrous end.

Examples of Usage
  • Referring to the religious concept:
    • Many ancient texts describe the signs that will precede doomsday.
    • The prophecy spoke of a final battle before doomsday.
  • Used figuratively for a major disaster:
    • The CEO acted as if the quarterly loss was doomsday, but the company recovered.
    • For the small island nation, rising sea levels feel like a slow-moving doomsday scenario.
Advanced Usage
  • "Till/until doomsday": An idiom meaning for an extremely long time, effectively forever.
    • You can argue with him until doomsday, but he will never change his mind.
  • "Doomsday scenario": A term describing the worst possible outcome or chain of events in a given situation.
    • The report outlined a doomsday scenario in which the cyberattack cripples the national power grid.
  • "Doomsday clock": A symbolic clock maintained by scientists to represent the likelihood of a human-made global catastrophe, with midnight representing doomsday.
    • The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight.
Variants and Related Words
  • Doomsayer (n): A person who predicts disaster or the end of the world.
    • The economist was dismissed as a doomsayer until his predictions came true.
  • Doomsday cult (n): A religious group that believes in and prepares for the imminent end of the world.
  • Doomsday device (n): A hypothetical, often fictional, weapon designed to destroy all life on Earth.
Synonyms
  • Judgment Day
  • Armageddon (specifically the final battle)
  • Apocalypse
  • End of days
  • Day of reckoning (can be used both literally and figuratively)
Related Idioms
  • "It's not the end of the world": A common phrase used to minimize a problem, implying it is not a true doomsday.
    • Failing one test is disappointing, but it's not the end of the world.
doomsday

A family stores food and water in their basement for doomsday.

Noun
  1. an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
    • everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it
    • that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world
  2. (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

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