Armageddons

noun

plural of Armageddon
as in apocalypses
a final destructive battle or conflict trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon

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  1. apocalypses
  2. catastrophes
  3. disasters
Noun
  • Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of apocalypses
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  • Prominent voices fear that the end result of the transformative technology is a job bloodbath and national security catastrophes, while others believe a new era of productivity is ready to be unlocked, with society living longer and healthier lives.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Healthcare registers the effects of climate catastrophes, ecosystem failures and food shortages that also fuel political and social crises.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of catastrophes
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  • Cheap financial capital has flooded into the industry, lowering the cost of protecting against disasters, but Bäte thinks the trend cannot continue forever.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • City leaders recognize the difficulty for families and communities dealing with vacant disasters.
    — Bryant Reed, CBS News, 2 July 2026
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“Armageddons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Armageddons. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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