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apocalypse

noun as in mass destruction

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They wake up each morning to reminders of apocalypse: blackened stumps and ghostly bare branches where a tree canopy used to be, and bald rocks and makeshift shelters where homes used to stand.

It succeeded, at the very least, in damping down the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union enough that it never escalated into civilization-ending apocalypse.

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Whether tomorrow brings cosmic upheaval, one thing is certain: the next apocalypse is always just around the corner.

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They’re riding the four horsemen of the American apocalypse as if they were halftime entertainment at a UFC cage match held on the South Lawn.

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A dance party in the desert set at some vaguely hinted-at moment of apocalypse, the movie is something you feel, not solve.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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