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Ragnarok
This term carries a heavy, apocalyptic weight, evoking images of inevitable doom and total systemic collapse. In its primary mythological sense, it is a proper noun referring to a specific event in Norse cosmology, characterized by a cycle of destruction and subsequent renewal.
When used metaphorically, it describes a scenario of absolute devastation or a "point of no return" from which recovery seems impossible. It is significantly more dramatic than words like "catastrophe" or "disaster," implying a finality and a scale of ruin that wipes out an entire order or system.
Meanings
Examples
The prophecy foretells that ragnarok will bring about the end of the gods.
Odin prepares his warriors in Valhalla for the coming of ragnarok.
The world will be submerged in water during ragnarok before it is reborn.
It felt like a total ragnarok in the office after the server crashed.
If these two superpowers go to war, it will be a global ragnarok.
I can see a complete ragnarok unfolding in the city streets.
The final battle was a scene of absolute ragnarok.