doomsday event

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doomsday event

noun doomsday events

  1. An occurrence which causes the end of the universe or which destroys the planet earth; a global cataclysm. The universe will contract and grow hotter until the doomsday event that astronomers have dubbed "the big crunch."
  2. A localized event causing widespread death or destruction within a specific geographical area. A mysterious occurrence late in the story is the historically factual Tunguska Event, a massive Siberian explosion, probably by an asteroid, in the summer of 1908: a doomsday event caused by an arrival from another realm.
  3. figuratively A disastrous occurrence. Protect them against molestation, but if it happens, don't overact and inflate it into a doomsday event.

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@misc{doomsday_event_2026,
  title = {doomsday event},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/doomsday%20event},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}