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Noun: apocalypse  u'pó-ku-lips
  1. A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
     
  2. A disaster or cataclysmic event
Noun: Apocalypse
  1. The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
    - Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Book of Revelation

Derived forms: apocalypses

Type of: book, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy

Part of: New Testament

Encyclopedia: Apocalypse, CA

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