APOCALYPTIC


Meaning of APOCALYPTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əpɒkəlɪptɪk ]

1.

Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.

...the reformer’s apocalyptic warnings that the nation was running out of natural resources.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

2.

Apocalyptic means relating to or involving predictions about future disasters and the destruction of the world.

...a gloomy and apocalyptic vision of a world hastening towards ruin.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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