DOOMSDAY Definition & Meaning

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doomsday

[ doomz-dey ]

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noun

Theology. the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
any day of judgment or sentence.
nuclear destruction of the world.

adjective

given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity; especially concerned with or predicting future universal destruction:
the doomsday issue of all-out nuclear war.
capable of causing widespread or total destruction:
doomsday weapons.

doomsday

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noun

sometimes capital the day on which the Last Judgment will occur
any day of reckoning
modifier characterized by predictions of disaster
doomsday scenario

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of doomsday¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English domes dai, Old English ��ō��æ�� “Judgment Day”; equivalent to doom ( def ) + 's ¹( def ) + day ( def )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of doomsday¹

Old English dōmes dæg Judgment Day; related to Old Norse domsdagr

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But the BBC was able to speak to multiple eyewitnesseses who described the "doomsday scenes" on board the train as the attack unfolded.

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Eyewitnesses described the "doomsday scenes" on board the train as the attack unfolded, with passenger Ishaq Noor telling the BBC: "We held our breath throughout the firing, not knowing what would happen next."

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Passengers who were freed from a train seized by armed militants have spoken of "doomsday scenes" that unfolded on board the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

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Author Douglas Rushkoff has seen this perverse trend firsthand, and says he’s been courted by elites for advice designing their doomsday bunkers and adapting for a future insulated from the coming collapse.

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Who Trump is and what he stands for require neither copious analysis nor doomsday hyperbole.

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