Armageddon
WordNet
noun
(1) Any catastrophically destructive battle
"They called the first World War an Armageddon"
(2) (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
WiktionaryText
Etymology
- From , used in Revelation 16:16, referring to Mount Megiddo, the place of the last battle at the Last Judgment.
Proper noun
- The place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil.
- The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
- Any great and crucial conflict.
Synonyms
- apocalypse
- doomsday
- judgement day
- Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
- final judgement
- end of days