apocalyptic
الہامی
definition
adjective
the apocalyptic visions of ecologists
describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world.
example
Maritain saw World War II as nothing less than an 'apocalyptic' passage through unprecedented destruction.
Inside the ring, he is a gladiator of 'apocalyptic' proportions.
Rather than see social events as holding spiritual significance in a prophetic way, they dismissed literal interpretations of 'apocalyptic' prophecies.
The scribal community similarly took the destruction of Jerusalem and fit it into the 'apocalyptic' narrative of the destruction and return of once and future cities.
Those who prophesied 'apocalyptic' social change faced great risks.
We have had a storm of 'apocalyptic' proportions this morning, with gale force winds and torrential rain for hours.
This is the great long-awaited 'apocalyptic' moment.
It was written during the terrifying times of the Cuban missile crisis, but it depicts 'apocalyptic' visions rather than specific details.
If the war happens then the consequences will be more than dire, they will be 'apocalyptic' .
The cover picture shows the 'apocalyptic' moment when Albion rises from his rock and sees the vision of the land as Jerusalem, having subdued and reunited the Four Zoas.
The annihilation of Canada's natural resources can best be described as 'apocalyptic' .
Climate change is the environmental fear that provokes the greatest degree of 'apocalyptic' prophesy.
It also has an 'apocalyptic' vision of the future.
This report of the UK media awards describes a an 'apocalyptic' scene, as scribes, put beyond use with alcohol, heckle and taunt their peers; standing on stools, booing the MC off the stage.
These were films made in the aftermath of the 'apocalyptic' experiences of World War I which had a decisive effect on a new generation of artists in Germany.
The anthemic title track was emblematic of its overall invention, set against an 'apocalyptic' backdrop; ice ages, zombies of death, nuclear errors.
Wasn't this 'apocalyptic' comment portentous with all the flooding and massive tidal waves around Thailand and the Indian Ocean?
His work was seminal for understanding the role and importance of 'apocalyptic' literature and its interpretations in the lives of early seventeenth-century Puritans.
Nor is he given to 'apocalyptic' prophecies.
Despairing, however, that he would only be remembered as a political satirist and not a genuine artist in his own right, he changed his subject matter to romantic landscapes or 'apocalyptic' visions of the future.
The book's second half focuses on the ethics of prophetic and 'apocalyptic' literature.
The closest the FBI gets to a motive for the smallpox attack is an 'apocalyptic' Biblical passage left behind by the terrorist.
The rise of environmental politics since the late 1960s directly stimulated historical scholarship, and gave the new environmental history an occasionally 'apocalyptic' and moralistic tone.
Do you not realise the serious catastrophic, 'apocalyptic' implications if he is correct?
Even for those who did not accept these 'apocalyptic' scenarios, emancipation portended a chaotic and terrifying new world.
There is nothing, in short, inherently Jewish or Christian or Muslim about 'apocalyptic' imagery.
Manichaean symbols and 'apocalyptic' scenarios are bandied about with future consequences and rhetorical restraint thrown to the winds.
The other times I see him focusing on his artwork while attending the San Francisco Academy of Art and creating his war-torn, 'apocalyptic' imagery that needs few words to explain.
I love the way that, in the 'apocalyptic' destruction of Genesis, Nimoy sidesteps the action for the briefest second to show us the beauty of the last sunset on the dying world.
Again, the gospel's 'apocalyptic' imagery denotes the end of an age and calls the people to a shared, wide-awake clarity of purpose.
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