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Armageddon

noun [S or U]
 
 
/ˌɑː.məˈɡed.ən/ US  /ˌɑːr-/

Definition

a final war between good and evil at the end of the world, as described in the BibleThe Bible - people, events and places an event of great destruction: an environmental Armageddon
(Definition of Armageddon noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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