Ar|ma|ged|don

Ar|ma|ged|don
Ar|ma|ged|don «AHR muh GEHD uhn», noun.
1. the place of a great and final conflict between the forces of good and evil at the end of the world (in the Bible, Revelation 16:16).
2. Figurative. any great and final conflict: »

A more effective way to prevent the modern Armageddon from growing beyond the technical possibility of control would be to ban the testing of long-range missiles (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).


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