имя существительное 1) откровение; пророческое предвидение 2) катаклизм; гибель мира Например: The new apocalypse of Nature unrolled to him. — Новый природный катаклизм развернулся перед ним. 3) (the Apocalypse) [библеистика, сокращение] Apoc. Апокалипсис (греческое и латинское название библейской книги Откровение Иоанна Богослова) Синоним(ы): revelation
noun Etymology: Middle English, revelation, Revelation, from Anglo-French apocalipse, from Late Latin apocalypsis, from Greek apokalypsis, from apokalyptein to uncover, from apo- + kalyptein to cover — more at hell 1. a. one of the Jewish and Christian writings of 200 B.C. to A.D. 150 marked by pseudonymity, symbolic imagery, and the expectation of an imminent cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil and raises the righteous to life in a messianic kingdom b. capitalized revelation 3 2. a. something viewed as a prophetic revelation b. Armageddon 3. a great disaster Example: an environmental apocalypse
noun see revelation