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Doomsday is defined as the time of God's final judgment, the day the world ends, or is a time when something terrible or dangerous will happen.

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Judgment Day in the Christian religion is an example of doomsday.
The day when people cease to exist and when the world comes to an end with the planet being annihilated and everyone being killed is an example of doomsday.
The scenario of a dire world future with a barren, hot Earth if global warming continues is an example of a doomsday.

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See doomsday in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Judgment Day
any day of reckoning
any catastrophic day

Origin: ME domesdai < OE domes dæg < domes, gen. of dom, doom + day

See doomsday in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Judgment Day.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English domesday

Origin: , from Old English dōmes dǽg

Origin: : dōmes

Origin: , genitive of dōm, judgment; see doom

Origin: + dǽg, day; see Day

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