often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Earlier this year, NASA posed a hypothetical scenario of an asteroid likely to strike Earth in 14 years to a group of government representatives, and found there is still work to do to prepare the world for a potential doomsday situation.
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese terrorist doomsday cult, changed its name and eventually renounced violence after its leader, Shoko Asahara, was arrested in 1995.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
With nuclear war now more likely than at any point since the peak of the Cold War, super-rich doomsday preppers have purchased deluxe bunkers with swimming pools and gun ranges.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 May 2024
While some in Washington take doomsday scenarios seriously, others remain skeptical.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 6 June 2024
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Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 27 June 2024
Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese terrorist doomsday cult, changed its name and eventually renounced violence after its leader, Shoko Asahara, was arrested in 1995.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2024
With nuclear war now more likely than at any point since the peak of the Cold War, super-rich doomsday preppers have purchased deluxe bunkers with swimming pools and gun ranges.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 May 2024
While some in Washington take doomsday scenarios seriously, others remain skeptical.
—Will Henshall, TIME, 6 June 2024
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