as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the fear that the next global pandemic could be an apocalypse of biblical proportions
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Didn’t Die / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Meera Menon, Screenwriter and Producer: Paul Gleason, Producers: Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota, Luke Patton) –– A podcast host desperately clings to an ever-shrinking audience in the zombie apocalypse.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Related Articles Though no retail apocalypse was proclaimed, Coresights foresights cast a glass-half-empty view of the near future for retail square footage.
—David Moin, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
Set in Nebraska 10 years after the zombie apocalypse, the series chronicles the lives of teenagers who are the first generation to come of age in a post-apocalyptic era.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
But the Oakland Hills Fire, sparked 33 years before the Keller Fire, remains the Bay Area’s apocalypse — which newly sworn in Congresswoman Lateefah Simon remembers as a 9th-grader living in San Francisco when the smoke drifted across the bay and her Oakland cousins ran from the flames.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
Related Articles Though no retail apocalypse was proclaimed, Coresights foresights cast a glass-half-empty view of the near future for retail square footage.
—David Moin, WWD, 23 Jan. 2025
Set in Nebraska 10 years after the zombie apocalypse, the series chronicles the lives of teenagers who are the first generation to come of age in a post-apocalyptic era.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
But the Oakland Hills Fire, sparked 33 years before the Keller Fire, remains the Bay Area’s apocalypse — which newly sworn in Congresswoman Lateefah Simon remembers as a 9th-grader living in San Francisco when the smoke drifted across the bay and her Oakland cousins ran from the flames.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apocalypse
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Related article What is ‘Kessler Syndrome’ — and why do some scientists think the space disaster scenario has already started?—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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But what if fossil fuel investments, which have been dragging for a decade, are headed toward disaster?—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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In the first section of the book, Franklin repeatedly brings historical analysis, primary sources and Anne Frank’s writing into juxtaposition with each other in a way that both illuminates Anne Frank as an individual and the larger tragedy of the Holocaust.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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The case was the first to establish a link between toxic waste in the atmosphere and birth defects, and the show follows the story of four mothers dealing with the tragedy.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration plans to all but eliminate the office that oversees America’s recovery from the largest disasters, raising questions about how the United States will rebuild from hurricanes, wildfires and other calamities made worse by climate change.—
Christopher Flavelle,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of cities began adopting similar measures, posing a potential financial calamity for SoCalGas.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apocalypse. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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