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end_of_the_world

end of the world

English

Noun

end of the world

End of the planet Earth.
End of habitability for life on Earth.
End of humanity.
(idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
It's the end of the world as we know it.

See also

not the end of the world

Translations

End of the planet Earth

Arabic: نِهَايَة اَلْعَالَم f ‎(nihāyat al-ʿālam)
Bashkir: ахырызаман ‎(axïrïzaman)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 世界末日 (zh) ‎(shìjiè mòrì), 末日 (zh) ‎(mòrì)
Czech: konec světa m
Estonian: maailmalõpp
Finnish: maailmanloppu (fi)
French: fin du monde (fr) m
German: Ende der Welt n

Hungarian: világvége
Japanese: 世界の終り ‎(せかいのおわり, seka-no owari), 世界の果て ‎(せかいのはて, sekai-no hate), 末つ方 ‎(すえつかた, suetsukata)
Portuguese: fim do mundo m
Russian: коне́ц све́та (ru) m ‎(konéc svéta)
Slovak: koniec sveta
Spanish: fin del mundo m
Turkish: Dünya'nın sonu

End of habitability for life on Earth

Bashkir: ахырызаман ‎(axïrïzaman)
Russian: коне́ц све́та (ru) m ‎(konéc svéta)

Turkish: dünyanın sonu

End of humanity

Bashkir: ахырызаман ‎(axïrïzaman)
Russian: коне́ц све́та (ru) m ‎(konéc svéta)

Turkish: dünyanın sonu

Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating

Bashkir: ахырызаман ‎(axïrïzaman)
Russian: коне́ц све́та (ru) m ‎(konéc svéta)

Turkish: dünyanın sonu