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- Dictionarydoom/do͞om/
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 destruction or death: "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.
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.
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 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.
Doom definition: fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune. See examples of DOOM used in a sentence.
Doom means inevitable destruction, ruin, or death, or a judgment or decision, especially a severe penalty. It can also refer to Judgment Day or a statute or ordinance. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples.
Doom can be a verb meaning to make someone or something certain to fail, die, or be destroyed, or a noun meaning something very bad that is going to happen. Learn more about the meaning, grammar, and usage of doom with examples from the corpus.
