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- Dictionarydoom/duːm/
noun
- 1. death, destruction, or some other terrible fate: "the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water" Similar
verb
- 1. condemn to certain death or destruction: "fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed"
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doom. verb [ T usually passive ] uk / duːm / us / duːm / to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen: [ + to infinitive ] Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? doom someone/something to something Mounting debts doomed the factory to closure.
1. uncountable noun. Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. ...his warnings of impending doom. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom. Synonyms: destruction, ruin, catastrophe, death More Synonyms of doom. 2. uncountable noun.
Doom can be a noun meaning a law, a judgment, a destiny, or a ruin, or a verb meaning to condemn or to destine. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and related phrases of doom.
a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom. Synonyms: fate, ruination, downfall, destruction. the Last Judgment, at the end of the world. Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.
Doom is death, destruction, the end of the world, the big goodbye. It can also be a verb — if a man twirling a mustache ties you to the railroad tracks, he dooms you to certain death! Doctor Doom is a comic book villain you do not want to mess with. He’s the doctor of death!
Doom means death, destruction, and other unpleasant events that cannot be avoided, or unhappiness and feeling no hope for the future. Learn more about the word doom, its synonyms, and its usage in sentences.
Definition of doom noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
