Both Uses of
apocalypse
in
Angels & Demons
- The media craved apocalyptic headlines, and self-proclaimed "cult specialists" were still cashing in on millennium hype with fabricated stories that the Illuminati were alive and well and organizing their New World Order.†
Chpt 11-12 *
- With less than twenty-five minutes left until midnight, the people were still packed together, some praying, some weeping for the church, others screaming obscenities and proclaiming that this was what the church deserved, still others chanting apocalyptic Bible verses.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
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(apocalypse) an event involving terrible destruction; or (especially when capitalized) the end of the world as we know it (as prophesized in the Christian book of Revelation)