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APOCALYPTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
Synonyms:
apocalyptic; apocalyptical; revelatory
Classified under:
Similar:
prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)
Derivation:
Apocalypse (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 Apostle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to an apocalypse
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
apocalypse (a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil)
Derivation:
apocalypse (a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil)
