"armageddon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ [UK], /-ˈɡɛ.dən/ [UK], /ɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛd.ʔn/ [UK], /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/ [US], /-ˈɡɛ.dən/ [US], [ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-armageddon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: armageddons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdən Etymology: A generalization of Armageddon. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Armageddon}} Armageddon Head templates: {{en-noun}} armageddon (plural armageddons)
  1. The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale. Translations (The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale): armagedão [masculine] (Portuguese), armagedom [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-armageddon-en-noun-WqkVVbXI Disambiguation of 'The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale': 90 8 1
  2. Any great and crucial conflict.
    Sense id: en-armageddon-en-noun-~T2yBtsA
  3. (chess) An armageddon round, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation. Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-armageddon-en-noun-GVpTmtv5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 28 62 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apocalypse, catastrophe, day of reckoning, destruction, disaster, doomsday, judgement day, nuclear holocaust, end times, end of the world Derived forms: -ageddon, Carmageddon, cicada-geddon, hairmageddon, insectageddon, snowmageddon

Inflected forms

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