doomsday
noun/ˈduːmzdeɪ/
Frequency rank: #10,831 most common English word
Meaning
a day of final destruction or catastrophic disaster; the end of the world.
Example sentence
Many people feared that the nuclear war would bring doomsday upon the entire world.
Synonyms & related words
- apocalypse
- armageddon
- catastrophe
- reckoning
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