Armageddon
pronunciation
How to pronounce Armageddon in British English:
UK [ˌɑ:məˈgedn]
How to pronounce Armageddon in American English:
US [ˌɑrməˈgedn]
-
- Noun:
- (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
- any catastrophically destructive battle
Word Origin
- Armageddon (n.)
- "a final conflict," 1811, figurative use of name in Rev. xvi:16, place of the great and final conflict, from Hebrew Har Megiddon "Mount of Megiddo," city in central Palestine, site of important Israeli battles.
Example
- 1. Remember those hysterical forecasts about a world hurtling towards economic armageddon .
- 2. This is definitely a sign of the armageddon .
- 3. Open access to research funded by taxpayers or charities need not mean armageddon for journal publishers .
- 4. In an interview with hard assets investor , mr roubini said there were only two scenarios that would see gold go much higher : inflation and armageddon .
- 5. It is not quite the armageddon that was being predicted in the weeks after lehman brothers became america 's biggest corporate bankruptcy last september .