doomsday event

Definitions

1. 1

   An occurrence which causes the end of the universe or which destroys the planet earth

   An occurrence which causes the end of the universe or which destroys the planet earth; a global cataclysm.

   • The universe will contract and grow hotter until the doomsday event that astronomers have dubbed "the big crunch."
   • In this subsection we face the question about the possibility of evading the doomsday event in phantom models of dark energy with interaction, which are inspired in scalar-tensor theories of gravity.
   • Sceptics claim switching on the supercooled magnets could create a doomsday event that would destroy the Earth.
2. 2

   A localized event causing widespread death or destruction within a specific geographical…

   A localized event causing widespread death or destruction within a specific geographical area.

   • A mysterious occurrence late in the story is the historically factual Tunguska Event, a massive Siberian explosion, probably by an asteroid, in the summer of 1908: a doomsday event caused by an arrival from another realm.
   • An earthquake of as much as 7.3 magnitude . . . is the maximum predicted earthquake in Utah, said Johnson. "We could call that a doomsday event."
3. 3

   A disastrous occurrence.

   • Protect them against molestation, but if it happens, don't overact and inflate it into a doomsday event.
   • The Challenger explosion . . . became one big symbol for mankind. As the trauma diminishes in the weeks ahead, another meaning will emerge from the doomsday events.
   • A record level of foreign reserves has made it unnecessary to devalue the currency—the doomsday event that terrifies finance ministries throughout the region.

The neighborhood

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• neighbordoomsday device
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• neighborextinction event