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apocalyptic definition

apoca·lyp·tic (-lip′tik)

adjective

  1. of or like an apocalypse
  2. of or relating to a sudden and violent end of the world
  3. of or constituting a culminating or decisive event, turning point, etc., esp. one that is unsettling or threatening

noun

a system of beliefs about the end of the world, esp. that it will be sudden, violent, and destructive

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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