🇬🇧🇪🇸 apocalypse - apocalipsis : English Lesson
noun
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Meaning of "apocalypse" ("apocalipsis"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
An apocalypse is a giant disaster where the world, or a big part of it, is ruined and life changes completely. It’s bigger than a storm or a bad day—it’s when huge things go wrong, like massive earthquakes, giant floods, or fires everywhere, so that normal life can’t go on the same way anymore. People also use the word in a silly or dramatic way to talk about something that feels huge and terrible, even if it’s not really the end of the world, like a homework apocalypse or a broccoli apocalypse at dinner.
A laundry apocalypse began when one red sock turned every white shirt pink.
The bathroom faced a shampoo apocalypse when my baby brother learned how to squeeze bottles.
The snowstorm caused a school-closure apocalypse, which children called “the best disaster ever.”
Dad tried cooking dinner and accidentally caused a smoke-filled kitchen apocalypse.
Some people imagine an apocalypse as the end of the world—but in my house, it’s just when we run out of toilet paper.
The town woke to a red sky; the apocalypse of fire moved over the hills. Each street smelled of apocalypse ash and the windows showed apocalypse orange. A child held a dog, waiting for the apocalypse to take them. Rain began, washing apocalypse dust from roofs. They cried, hugged, and started to clear the wreck.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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