1 [sing.,U] the destruction of the world:
Civilization is on the brink of apocalypse.
2 (the Apocalypse) [sing.] the end of the world, as described in the Bible
3 [sing.] a situation causing very serious damage and destruction:
an environmental apocalypse
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