end of the world

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === end of the world (plural ends of the world) Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human. Destruction of Earth. (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating. You make it sound as though moving house is the end of the world. Synonym of ends of the earth (faraway place) ==== Synonyms ==== end times ==== Hypernyms ==== endangerment extinction ==== Hyponyms ==== doomsday judgement day Ragnarok TEOTWAWKI end of the world as we know it ==== Derived terms ==== not the end of the world world ending world-ending world-endingly ==== Translations ==== === References === “the end of the world”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “end of the world”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.