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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as apocalyptic.

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  • adjective apocalyptic

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  • adjective prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom

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Examples

  • Meaning, I guess, we're supposed to concede the point that keeping armed forces in Iraq is better than some imagined, hypothetical scenario where all hell breaks loose the second our forces leave, the country dissolves into sectarian warfare (worse that the civil strife that has already occurred,) and some kind of apocalyptical genocide breaks out (the kind of genocide we care about, not the Darfur or Congo kind.)

    Allison Kilkenny: Iraq and Afghanistan: Consider the Alternative 2009

  • But Jesus announced that the kingdom of God had already begun with his own work, and those who received him in faith became sensible of this beginning; for the "apocalyptical" was not merely the unveiling of the future, but above all the revelation of God as the

    History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) Adolph Harnack 1890

  • Rather than describing apocalyptical war between man and machine, it deliberates over emotional landscape of those perpetually living under the shadow of death which, I am afraid, not many sci-fi do.

    Galactica Spaceship | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • Always reliable when you need a little something apocalyptical.

    it's a long walk and the music is loud jaylake 2008

  • If you think Miller, Smith and Applewhite were unbalanced, how about the ridiculous apocalyptical predictions of doom in 1999 in the approach of the 21st century, when computer glitches were supposed to throw mankind into chaos?

    Jeff Schweitzer: The End Is Not Nigh: Take a Deep Breath and Move On 2010

  • Let's not become a second rate copy of some apocalyptical flick.

    Deborah Calla: How Can Our 2010 Be Different 2010

  • Let's not become a second rate copy of some apocalyptical flick.

    How Can Our 2010 Be Different 2010

  • It is clear that Mallet takes an apocalyptical doom and gloom tone in her message.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Sarah Lenz 2008

  • • The rally has also been rightly criticized for pretending to be non-political while talking in apocalyptical terms about the country going in the wrong direction under the current administration.

    David Coates: The Hijacking of the Almighty 2010

  • • The rally has also been rightly criticized for pretending to be non-political while talking in apocalyptical terms about the country going in the wrong direction under the current administration.

    David Coates: The Hijacking of the Almighty 2010

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