n.
death, destruction, or another terrible fate.
▸archaic (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement.
v.
condemn to certain destruction, death, or failure:
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her plan was doomed to failure.
Derivative
- doomily adv.
- doominess n.
- doomy adj.
(doomier, doomiest)
.
Etymology
OE dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Gmc origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; rel. to do1.
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