doom
/duːm/
Dictionary
noun
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
- A law.
- A judgment or decision.
- A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
- Death.
"They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in."
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
verb
- To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn.
"a criminal doomed to death"
- To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
- To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
- To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
- To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.
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