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A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
A climate apocalypse is a term used to denote a predicted scenario involving the global collapse of human civilization due to climate change. Such collapse could theoretically arrive through a set of interrelated concurrent factors such as famine, extreme weather , war and conflict, and disease. [ 1 ]
Doomsday scenarios are possible events that could cause human extinction or the destruction of all or most life on Earth (a "true" or "major" Armageddon scenario), or alternatively a "lesser" Armageddon scenario in which the cultural, technological, environmental or social world is so greatly altered it could be considered like a different world.
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Gray goo is another catastrophic scenario, which was proposed by Eric Drexler in his 1986 book Engines of Creation [75] and has been a theme in mainstream media and fiction. [76] [77] This scenario involves tiny self-replicating robots that consume the entire biosphere using it as a source of energy and building blocks. Nowadays, however ...
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President Joe Biden's top aides are discussing whether preemptive pardons to current and former public officials who may be targeted by the incoming Trump administration should be considered, but ...
The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.