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   Ar·ma·ged·don

   /ˌärməˈɡed(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in the New Testament) the last battle between good and evil before the Day of Judgment.
   • ▪ a biblical hill of Megiddo, an archaeological site on the plain of Esdraelon, south of present-day Haifa in Israel.
   • ▪ the place where the last battle between good and evil will be fought.
   • ▪ a dramatic and catastrophic conflict, typically seen as likely to destroy the world or the human race: "nuclear Armageddon"

   Word Origin Greek, from Hebrew har mĕgiddōn ‘hill of Megiddo’ (Rev. 16:16).

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