( initial capital letter ) revelation ( def. 4 ) .

any of a class of Jewish or Christian writings that appeared from about 200 b.c. to a.d. 350 and were assumed to make revelations of the ultimate divine purpose.

a prophetic revelation, esp. concerning a cataclysm in which the forces of good permanently triumph over the forces of evil.

any revelation or prophecy.

any universal or widespread destruction or disaster

the apocalypse of nuclear war.

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annihilation , armageddon , cataclysm , catastrophe , decimation , devastation , end of the world , holocaust , disclosure , expos , exposure