the apocalypse
noun
: the end or destruction of the world especially as described in the Christian Bible
Some people believed the apocalypse would happen in the year 2000.
waiting for the apocalypse
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Instead, we’re pulled on a journey through the first four days of the apocalypse, nearly every moment of it framed around Nyong’o’s extraordinary face.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Sam, Frodo and Eric (Joseph Quinn), a young English law student then meet amid the apocalypse, attempting to silently navigate through one of the world’s noisiest cities in a moment when the slightest sound will cause the Death Angels to attack.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 5 July 2024
Based on a dystopian book trilogy by Hugh Howey, the series focuses on a subterranean bunker—the silo of the title—where humanity has sequestered itself after the apocalypse.
—Angela Watercutter Wired Staff, WIRED, 25 June 2024
Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the series is set two hundred years after the apocalypse.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 20 June 2024
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 June 2024
Sam, Frodo and Eric (Joseph Quinn), a young English law student then meet amid the apocalypse, attempting to silently navigate through one of the world’s noisiest cities in a moment when the slightest sound will cause the Death Angels to attack.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 5 July 2024
Based on a dystopian book trilogy by Hugh Howey, the series focuses on a subterranean bunker—the silo of the title—where humanity has sequestered itself after the apocalypse.
—Angela Watercutter Wired Staff, WIRED, 25 June 2024
Based on the video game franchise of the same name, the series is set two hundred years after the apocalypse.
—Lexi Carson, Variety, 20 June 2024
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“The apocalypse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20apocalypse. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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