Calamity
Calamity noun - A sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction.
Usage example: this latest breakdown of the car is inconvenient, but not a calamity
Doomsday and calamity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Doomsday" instead a noun "Calamity".
Nearby Words: calamitous, calamitously
Doomsday
Doomsday noun - (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.
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Doomsday Device: It's slowly revealed over the course of the game that the Calamity was caused by a Caelondian doomsday device, intended as a weapon of last resort against the Ura.
Source: Video Game / Bastion - The game's Final Battle revolves around the heroes fighting to prevent the last of Calamity Raven from firing said Doomsday Device.
Source: Renegade Splinter Faction
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