apocalypses
Multiple ultimate catastrophes
Apocalypses is the plural of apocalypse, referring to catastrophic events that bring widespread destruction or the end of civilization.
The word derives from a Greek term meaning revelation or uncovering, which is why the biblical book of Revelation is also called the Apocalypse.
In modern use, apocalypses can be nuclear, environmental, or zombie-related: Hollywood loves imagining various apocalypses.
The plural suggests multiple scenarios or instances rather than a single definitive end.
Violent, large-scale disaster
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- collapseSudden structural failure
destruction · disaster · calamity · ruin · upheaval · catastrophe · obliteration · decimation
Imaginary terrible society
- Walking DeadReanimated corpses that walk
- FalloutPost-apocalyptic gaming franchise
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- survivorsThose still alive after
Mad Max · bunker · scavengers · mutants · raiders · settlements · remnants · rebuilding
Prophetic biblical finale
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- tribulationState of great distress
Antichrist · prophecy · horsemen · seals · trumpets · plagues · beast · millennium
Irreversible planetary environmental failure
- extinction eventCatastrophic biodiversity collapse
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
famine · rising seas · methane · biodiversity loss · deforestation · desertification · pollution · coral bleaching
Distinctive nuclear blast formation
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
mutually assured destruction · warhead · shelter · contamination · nuclear winter · Chernobyl · meltdown · bomb
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
collapse · destruction · disaster · calamity · ruin · upheaval · catastrophe · obliteration · decimation · holocaust
dystopia
Imaginary terrible society
- Walking DeadReanimated corpses that walk
- FalloutPost-apocalyptic gaming franchise
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
Mad Max · survivors · bunker · scavengers · mutants · raiders · settlements · remnants · rebuilding · civilization
Revelation
Prophetic biblical finale
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- ArmageddonProphesied ultimate conflict
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
tribulation · Antichrist · prophecy · horsemen · seals · trumpets · plagues · beast · millennium · salvation
climate collapse
Irreversible planetary environmental failure
- extinction eventCatastrophic biodiversity collapse
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
drought · famine · rising seas · methane · biodiversity loss · deforestation · desertification · pollution · coral bleaching · mass die-off
mushroom cloud
Distinctive nuclear blast formation
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- falloutPost-blast atmospheric particles
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
Hiroshima · mutually assured destruction · warhead · shelter · contamination · nuclear winter · Chernobyl · meltdown · bomb · arsenal
undead
Deceased yet animate
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
infection · walkers · brain · bite · pandemic · barricade · headshot · shambling · reanimation · plague
- Byzantine textshagiographies, hagiography, homilies, histories, historiography
- Coptic ChristianityCopts, Saint Mark
apocalypsesinconveniences
Minor difficulties or bothers
preservation · utopias · golden ages · continuity · renaissances
apocalypsessalvations
Acts of being rescued
redemptions · paradise · heaven · utopias · raptures
apocalypsesgenesis
Point of creation
beginnings · births · creations · renaissances · revivals
- zombie apocalypseMass reanimation ending society
- Apocalypse NowVietnam War epic
- Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseEndtime's four mounted destroyers
- Horsemen of the ApocalypseFour biblical catastrophe heralds