Associations to the word «Apocalypse»

Wiktionary

APOCALYPSE, noun. A revelation. [from 14th c.]
APOCALYPSE, noun. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
APOCALYPSE, noun. A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
APOCALYPSE, proper noun. (countable) (biblical) The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

Dictionary definition

APOCALYPSE, noun. A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil.
APOCALYPSE, noun. The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats