Armageddon
the place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil (probably so called in reference to the battlefield of Megiddo. Revelation 16:16).
the last and completely destructive battle: The arms race can lead to Armageddon.
any great and crucial conflict.
Origin of Armageddon
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How to use Armageddon in a sentence
I knew: Nuclear Armageddon was staring me in the face on a daily basis.
For instance, both North Korea and China have recently talked about unleashing Armageddon.
With the DR-Congo now Ebola-stricken, fears of an Armageddon are rising.
Within months Musharraf had started a war with India in Kashmir and was taking the country to the brink of Armageddon.
The New Head of Pakistan’s Army Holds the Country’s Most Important Job | Bruce Riedel | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey lead armies into battle and are in training for the final showdown at Armageddon.
For a long time after he had gone to bed Hyacinth lay awake haunted by his father's prophecy of an Armageddon.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamThe letter seemed the first clear note of the trumpet summoning him to his father's Armageddon.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamThey recalled, as so many different things seemed to do, his father's vision of an Armageddon.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamThere still recurred to him memories of his father's vision of an Armageddon and the conception of his own part in it.
Hyacinth | George A. BirminghamSuch were the numbers and such the carnage that men have compared the conflict to that of the nations at Armageddon.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for Armageddon
/ (ˌɑːməˈɡɛdən) /
New Testament the final battle at the end of the world between the forces of good and evil, God against the kings of the earth (Revelation 16:16)
a catastrophic and extremely destructive conflict, esp World War I viewed as this
Origin of Armageddon
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Cultural definitions for Armageddon
[ (ahr-muh-ged-n) ]
In the Book of Revelation, the site of the final and conclusive battle between good and evil, involving “the kings of the Earth and the whole world,” on the “great day of God Almighty.”
Notes for Armageddon
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