apocalypse

IPA: ʌpˈɑkʌɫɪps

A revelation, especially of supernatural events.
(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
(Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
A disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin.
(countable, biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
(Christianity) Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates the end of times)

Examples of "apocalypse" in Sentences

These days the apocalypse is a profitable business.
The translation of the Greek word apocalypse has produced the better known English equivalent - "revelation."
It scared me, and it takes things like "the world's going to end" or "the apocalypse is approaching" to scare me.
Perhaps because of antics such as these, and Woodrow and Aiden's fascinations, the word "apocalypse" has been thrown around in connection with the film.
I think the apocalypse is a burden that the cultures of religion, nuclear war and physics (the Big Bang implies an ending, and we find it hard to think about what may be the case, no start and no end) all unconsciously participated in creating.
The word "apocalypse" comes from the Greek word for "to uncover" or "reveal," and Conor Horgan's One Hundred Mornings, in some respects, simply lifts the lid off our petroleum-based, strung-out-on-technology culture to show us what's left when we strip away the lights and the cars and the iGadgets.