Entry Word: doom

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard <the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom> — see sentence
2 a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand <it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day> — see fate 1
3 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities <met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros> — see death 1