Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun armageddon

2 senses of armageddon

Sense 1
Armageddon -- ((New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world)
       INSTANCE OF=> battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field -- (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields")

Sense 2
Armageddon -- (any catastrophically destructive battle; "they called the first World War an Armageddon")
       => battle, conflict, fight, engagement -- (a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement")