apocalypse

Possessives

word: The word ' apocalypse ' has come to mean the end of the world, or a major catastrophe.

Converse of object

• avert: Buried in this haystack might well be the vital clue necessary to avert an apocalypse.
• surf: Surfing the Apocalypse is just such a site.. .
• survive: Guardian Quiz - ' Can you survive the British apocalypse?
• watch: After tea, Sue and I watch the film Apocalypse Now which we recorded back in January.
• see: The real surprise was seeing Apocalypse Now only at number two!
• mean: I agreed with Anya - does that mean another apocalypse is around the corner?

Adjective modifier

• coming: Howard Bloom ( The Lucifer principle ) talks about the coming biological apocalypse.
• personal: It involves encountering a personal apocalypse or an ongoing series of them.
• nuclear: Just at the time the threat of a nuclear apocalypse was lifting, ecologists evolved their own expression of end times.
• global: However, in my opinion a global scale apocalypse will not happen.

Modifies a noun

update: Monday 27th October 2003: Resident Evil: Apocalypse Update: The trailer for Resident Evil: Apocalypse has been released today.

Noun used with modifier

• zombie: We've all dreamt of a zombie apocalypse, right?
• post: He now works mainly in non-fiction, tho has been a major script contributor to the children's Kiwi post apocalypse drama The Tribe.
• film: And the end times were evoked by name in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now.
• flu: Previously Britain braces for bird flu apocalypse Jesus H. Christ we're all going to die!
• bird: Previously Britain braces for bird flu apocalypse Jesus H. Christ we're all going to die!
• book: Your book Apocalypse is the best and only book I have read from you.