Thesaurus results for FOREDOOM

foredoom

verb

(ˌ)fȯr-ˈdüm

Definition of foredoom

as in to doom

to determine the fate of in advance since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day

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Others cautioned that having ties to Platner will only doom an already uphill campaign against Collins.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Sleeping separately doesn’t mean your relationship is doomed.

— Cheyenne Buckingham, Washington Post, 7 July 2026

Definition of doom

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As part of his suit, Musk asked for $150 billion in damages that would be destined for a charitable trust and requested OpenAI’s for-profit structure be reversed.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Polly appears trapped and destined to burn to death in the abode as Alice sets the house ablaze.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of destine

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The series isn't afraid of having tough discussions about humanity and if we're fated to destroy ourselves, no matter how many times someone tries to prevent it by changing the course of history.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 3 July 2026
His cultural determinism appears to leave America fated to endlessly repeat an ancient pattern of conflict.

— James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Definition of fate

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The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.

— Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated.

— Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026

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