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   apocalypse

   /əˈpɒkəlɪps/

   noun

   • 1. the complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation: "the bell's ringing is supposed to usher in the Apocalypse"
   • ▪ (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation.
   • 2. an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale: "the apocalypse of World War II"

   Word Origin Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.

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