end of the world

/ɛnd əv ðə wərld/
/ɛnd əv ðə wəld/
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Other forms: ends of the world

Definitions of end of the world
  1. noun
    an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
    “that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world”
    synonyms: day of reckoning, doom, doomsday
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    type of:
    destiny, fate
    an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
  2. noun
    (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
    synonyms: Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Doomsday, Judgement Day, Judgment Day, Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment, crack of doom, day of reckoning, doomsday, eschaton
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    type of:
    day
    some point or period in time
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