<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a prophecy or revelation, especially regarding a final cataclysmic battle between good and evil</li><li>the apocalypse, in some belief systems, a final cataclysmic battle of this kind, in which evil is defeated and the present age brought to a close</li><li>the apocalypse, the end of civilization</li><li>the complete destruction or collapse of the world as we know it (sometimes used facetiously)</li><li>any universal or widespread destruction or disaster</li><li>Revelation (def 4)</li><li>any piece of literature belonging to a genre of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to the late Middle Ages and were assumed to reveal God’s ultimate purpose</li></ul>