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Armageddon

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Ar·ma·ged·don  (ärm-gdn)
n.
1. Bible The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world.
2. A decisive or catastrophic conflict.

[Late Latin Armagedn, from Greek, from Hebrew har mgiddô, the mountain region of Megiddo : har, mountain; see hrr in Semitic roots + mgiddô, Megiddo.]

Armageddon [ˌɑːməˈgɛdən]
n
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) New Testament the final battle at the end of the world between the forces of good and evil, God against the kings of the earth (Revelation 16:16)
2. a catastrophic and extremely destructive conflict, esp World War I viewed as this
[from Late Latin Armagedōn, from Greek, from Hebrew har megiddōn, mountain district of Megiddo, in N Palestine, site of various battles in the Old Testament]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Armageddon - (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
2.Armageddon - any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon"
battle, engagement, fight, conflict - a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
Translations
Armageddon [ˌɑːməˈgedn] N (Bible) → la batalla de Armagedón (fig) → la guerra del fin del mundo
Armageddon [ˌɑːrməˈgɛdən] nArmaggedon m
Armageddon
n (Bibl) → Armageddon nt; (fig also)weltweite or globale Katastrophe


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"I wish Glowry was choked with her Man of Sin and her Battle of Armageddon," cried the other, and the carriage rolled away over Putney Bridge.
 
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