Armageddon (redirected from Battle of Armageddon)

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.

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

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Armageddon [ˌɑːməˈgɛd^ən]

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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 [ˌɑː^rməˈgɛd^ən] n → Armaggedon m

Armageddon

n (Bibl) → Armageddon nt; (fig also) → weltweite or globale Katastrophe