apocalypse

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

apoca·lypse [apocalypse apocalypses] BrE [əˈpɒkəlɪps] NAmE [əˈpɑːkəlɪps] noun
1. singular, uncountable the destruction of the world
•Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
2. the Apocalypsesingular the end of the world, as described in the Bible
3. singular a situation causing very serious damage and destruction
•an environmental apocalypse

Word Origin:
Old English, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ kaluptein ‘to cover’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation