armageddon

A generalization of Armageddon.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/, /ɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛd.ʔn/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/, /-ˈɡɛ.dən/, [ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn]

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• Rhymes: -ɛdən
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma‧ged‧don

armageddon (plural armageddons)

1. The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
2. Any great and crucial conflict.
   • 2009 February 13, Mark Lawson, “A tabloid Carmen”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In comparison to Nixon-Mao, terrorism and armageddon, Anna Nicole Smith may seem lightweight, but it could prove an inspired choice.

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.

• apocalypse, catastrophe, day of reckoning, destruction, disaster, doomsday, judgement day, nuclear holocaust, end times, end of the world