armageddon

Meanings

Plural: armageddons

Noun

• (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world
• any catastrophically destructive battle
  • "they called the first World War an Armageddon"
• The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
• Any great and crucial conflict.
• A type of game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.

Synonyms

apocalypse, catastrophe, day of reckoning, destruction, disaster, doomsday, end of the world, end times, judgement day, nuclear holocaust