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Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (noun) (no plural)
A compound word that refers to war, famine, pestilence or conquest, and death: The Four Horsemen are personified as the four major "plagues" or "evils" of mankind; which will come at the end of the world.

The Four Horsemen are used to describe people or other agents that can result in imminent catastrophe.

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