end of the world
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English
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Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]end of the world (plural ends of the world)
- Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
- Destruction of Earth.
- (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
- You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.
- Synonym of ends of the earth (faraway place)
Synonyms
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[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]- doomsday
- judgement day
- Ragnarok
- TEOTWAWKI
- end of the world as we know it
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]end of the world
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any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
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References
[edit]- “the end of the world”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “end of the world”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.