crack of doom
Judgment Day's thunder
The crack of doom is the thunderclap or trumpet blast announcing the Last Judgment—the end of the world.
The phrase appears in Shakespeare's *Macbeth* and has since become a dramatic way to describe any loud, ominous sound or the end of everything: We'll be here until the crack of doom.
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
tribulation · extinction · ruination · desolation · collapse · perdition · inferno · holocaust
Surprising disclosed truth
- omenProphetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
- portentSign of future calamity
apocalyptic vision · premonition · warning · seer · oracle · sibylline · augury · doomsayer
Settlement of accounts
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- divine judgmentDeity's moral verdict
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- verdictOfficial court decision
retribution · damnation · sentence · final accounting · separation · wrath · punishment · atonement
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end timesProphesied apocalyptic conclusion
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
obliteration · tribulation · extinction · ruination · desolation · collapse · perdition · inferno · holocaust · catastrophe
revelation
Surprising disclosed truth
- omenProphetic indicator
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- foretellingAnnouncing future events
portent · apocalyptic vision · premonition · warning · seer · oracle · sibylline · augury · doomsayer · end-time prophecy
reckoning
Settlement of accounts
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- divine judgmentDeity's moral verdict
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
verdict · retribution · damnation · sentence · final accounting · separation · wrath · punishment · atonement · absolution
One Ring
Artifact binding all others
crack of doomfirst light
Earliest morning brightness
Genesis · genesis · Big Bang · alpha · first breath
crack of doomgood tidings
Welcome, positive information
gospel · annunciation · blessing · hosanna · hallelujah
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