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doom
—doom /duːm/
Ⅰ noun [U] ► C2 death, destruction, or any very bad situation that cannot be avoided: » A sense of doom hung over the entire country.» The newspapers are always full of doom and gloom (= bad news and unhappiness) these days.Thesaurus+: ↑Inevitable
Ⅱ verb [T usually passive] ↑Verb Endings for doom ► F0 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?» Mounting debts doomed the factory to closure.Thesaurus+: ↑Inevitable |