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Mar 10, 2010 This week's theme Words related to 16 This week's words semiquaver steenth armageddon lincolnesque trichotillomania Missed a word? Check the archives chronological alphabetical plaintext or search the site Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg Armageddon PRONUNCIATION: (ahr-muh-GED-n) MEANING: noun: A decisive, catastrophic conflict. ETYMOLOGY: From the Book of Revelation 16:16 where Armageddon is mentioned. It is the supposed site of a final battle between the forces of good and evil. The word is from Greek Harmagedon, from Hebrew har megiddo (Mount Megiddo). USAGE: "In the event that the US unleashed a nuclear Armageddon, the radar station would have immediately warned Moscow." Luke Harding; For Sale: One Communist-era Ghost Town; The Guardian (London, UK); Feb 5, 2010. Explore "armageddon" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (1934-1996)

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