Meaning & use
doom
A terrible fate that cannot be avoided, especially death, destruction, or total ruin.
See it in a sentence
The old sailors spoke of the reef as a place of doom for careless ships.
A sense of impending doom settled over the town as the storm clouds gathered.
A note on using this word
Doom is often paired with "impending" or "sense of" and carries a dramatic, fatalistic tone.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To condemn someone or something to an unavoidable and usually unpleasant fate.
Poor soil and drought seemed to doom the harvest before it even began.
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