a·poc·a·lyp·tic /əˌpäkəˈliptik/ Learn to pronounce adjective describing or prophesying the complete destruction of the world. "the apocalyptic visions of ecologists" resembling the end of the world; momentous or catastrophic. "the struggle between the two countries is assuming apocalyptic proportions" of or resembling the biblical Apocalypse. "apocalyptic imagery" i was going for the first one lol