end of the world
English
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Noun
- death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human
- (idiomatic) any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
- You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world.
Synonyms
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Hyponyms
- doomsday
- judgement day
- Ragnarok
- TEOTWAWKI
- the end of the world as we know it
Derived terms
- world-ending
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Translations
end of the world
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any change that seems catastrophic or devastating
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References
- “the end of the world” (US) / “the end of the world” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
- end of the world at OneLook Dictionary Search
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