dooms·day

dooms·day
/ˈduːmzˌdeı/ noun [singular]
: the day the world ends or is destroyed

a warning that doomsday is near

doomsday predictions

The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.

a doomsday machine [=a machine that will destroy the world]

It'll be like that from now until doomsday. [=for a very long time; forever]


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