"armageddon" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Forms: armageddons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdən Etymology: A generalization of 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), armagedón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-armageddon-en-noun-WqkVVbXI Disambiguation of 'The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale': 90 9 2
  2. Any great and crucial conflict.
    Sense id: en-armageddon-en-noun-~T2yBtsA
  3. (chess) A type of game, 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-UIR37x5D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 27 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 25 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 16 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 17 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 25 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 13 22 64 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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