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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apocalypse /əˈpɒkəlɪps/

▶noun

1 an event involving destruction or damage on a catastrophic scale.

2 (the Apocalypse) the complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation.
■ (especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation.

– origin OE, via OFr. and eccles. L. from Gk apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’.

'apocalypse' also found in these Oxford entries:

Apoc. - apocalyptic

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