doomsday

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doomsday - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Doomsday \Dooms"day`\, n. [AS. d?mes d[=a]g. See Doom, and
     Day.]
     1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. "My
        body's doomsday." --Shak.
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     2. The day of the final judgment.
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              I could not tell till doomsday.       --Chaucer.
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     Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book.
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doomsday - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Doomsday
      n 1: (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon
           when God will decree the fates of all individual humans
           according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn:
           Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of Judgement
           , Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement,
           Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday,
           crack of doom, end of the world]
      2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
         the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's
         unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom,
         doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world]