world-ending
Total planetary annihilation
World-ending describes something catastrophic enough to destroy civilization or existence itself: a world-ending asteroid, world-ending nuclear war.
Often used hyperbolically for situations that feel devastating but aren't literally apocalyptic: Missing the deadline isn't world-ending.
The exaggeration works because it measures personal stakes against cosmic ones.
Prophesied world's end
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- tribulationState of great distress
judgment · antichrist · apocalypse · omega · millenarianism · apocalypticism · doomsdayer · prepper
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ruinationState of complete destruction
- decimationNear-total destruction
eradication · collapse · extermination · wipeout · incineration · vaporization · desolation · cataclysm
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
- meteorGlowing atmospheric space rock
- supervolcanoMassive eruption-capable geological formation
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- cometIcy orbiting body
Cannot be undone
- permanentFixed without end
- terminalAt the endpoint
- ultimateHighest or most extreme
- finalLast and decisive
inevitable · inescapable · total · complete · absolute · conclusive · definitive · last
doomsday
Prophesied world's end
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- prophecyForetelling of future events
tribulation · judgment · antichrist · apocalypse · omega · millenarianism · apocalypticism · doomsdayer · prepper
annihilation
Utter, complete destruction
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- ruinationState of complete destruction
decimation · eradication · collapse · extermination · wipeout · incineration · vaporization · desolation · cataclysm · conflagration
asteroid
Sun-orbiting rocky mass
- meteorGlowing atmospheric space rock
- supervolcanoMassive eruption-capable geological formation
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
comet · supernova · antimatter
irreversible
Cannot be undone
final · inevitable · inescapable · total · complete · absolute · conclusive · definitive · last · fatal
world-endingtrivial
Lacking significance or weight
inconsequential · insignificant · negligible · minor · petty
world-endinglife-giving
Sustaining or restoring vitality
life-affirming · protective · nurturing · benign · safe
world-endingworld-building
Creating fictional universes
genesis · generative · creative · constructive · originating
world, ending, worldly, worlds, ends, endings, endless, endlessly, unworldly