How to pronounce“apocalypse”in English
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Definitions of “apocalypse”
A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
“The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.”
A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
“Near-synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe, holocaust; armageddon, doomsday, end times, eschaton, judgement day, judgment day”
To reveal.
“The transitory sufferings of the present time can never be put in competition with the glory which shall be apocalypsed in us; for even the creation itself, which shall not possess the glory, shall nevertheless derive from them such real solid benefit, such true freedom from real ills, that she also is desirous of our apocalypse.”
To dwell on a huge disaster one expects to take place.
““To Las Vegas? When was that?” “About four months before she died. When he was twenty-one. Just before he started in on all that preaching and apocalypsing business. […] Had him a vision, he said, and God told him to change his name to Sam-u-el Mor-de-cai. And ever since then he’s been apocalypsing and doing all them cult things you read about in the newspaper.””
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