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APOCALYPSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostleplay

Synonyms:

Apocalypse; Book of Revelation; Revelation; Revelation of Saint John the Divine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

book (a major division of a long written composition)

Domain member category:

Four Horsemen ((New Testament) the four evils that will come at the end of the world: conquest rides a white horse; war a red horse; famine a black horse; plague a pale horse)

Holonyms ("Apocalypse" is a part of...):

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Derivation:

apocalyptic (prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evilplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("apocalypse" is a kind of...):

calamity; cataclysm; catastrophe; disaster; tragedy (an event resulting in great loss and misfortune)

Derivation:

apocalyptic (of or relating to an apocalypse)

apocalyptical (prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom)

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