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doom

DEFINITIONS OF: doom

1

n an unpleasant or disastrous destiny

“everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it”
Synonyms:
day of reckoning, doomsday, end of the world
Type of:
destiny, fate
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

v make certain of the failure or destruction of

“This decision will doom me to lose my position”
Type of:
assure, ensure, guarantee, insure, secure
make certain of

v decree or designate beforehand

Synonyms:
designate, destine, fate
Type of:
ordain
issue an order

v pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law

Synonyms:
condemn, sentence
Types:
foredoom
doom beforehand
reprobate
abandon to eternal damnation
Type of:
declare
state emphatically and authoritatively
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