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Apollyon
destroying angel of the bottomless pit (a name sometimes given to the Devil), late 14c., from present participle of Greek
apollyein
"to destroy utterly" (from
apo-
"from, away from" +
olluein
"to destroy"); a translation of Hebrew
Abaddon
(q.v.).