1
as in ruling
a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard
the judge solemnly pronounced his doom before a hushed courtroom
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2
as in destiny
a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand
it was her doom to be haunted by the memory of that terrible day
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3
as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros
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as in to destine
to determine the fate of in advance
the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance
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as in to sentence
to impose a judicial punishment on
doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of doom
Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
And parents should model healthy sleep behaviors for their teens, which includes no late-night snacking or doom scrolling.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Some prominent critics blamed American socialists for their own marginality or viewed their cause as doomed by conditions particular to the nation’s history.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Many Republicans expressed feelings of doom, and a sense that New York had crossed a line.
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
And parents should model healthy sleep behaviors for their teens, which includes no late-night snacking or doom scrolling.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
Like the great tragic heroines, Marissa isn’t driven by vengeance but by inevitability, by the realization that the love that once sustained her family has also doomed it.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Some prominent critics blamed American socialists for their own marginality or viewed their cause as doomed by conditions particular to the nation’s history.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doom
Noun
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Hours later, an appeals court let the ruling to fully fund SNAP stand.—
NEAL RUBIN,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Sauer urged the high court to issue its ruling quickly, noting that it is currently required to use Section 32 funding to send full SNAP benefits by tonight due to McConnell’s order.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dek is now free to fulfil his own destiny.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, destiny has one more surprise in store.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As minister of economy and the public face of unpopular government policies that ended up impoverishing the population further – including a botched monetary reform in 2021 that fueled unprecedented levels of inflation – Gil’s demise was cheered by many inside Cuba.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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Hektoria is a relatively small glacier by Antarctic standards, and its partial demise won’t cost the planet much in terms of sea level rise, Scambos said.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Such institutions may be destined to pass away.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Nov. 2025
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Contributor Yelena Moroz Alpert says this Dyson Animal 3 saved a dirty carpet in her home that was destined for the dumpster.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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After being convicted of tampering with an electronic monitoring device in 2021, Klingler was sentenced to 8 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections and 12 months of post-release supervision.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Nov. 2025
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Nichols, 64, was sentenced to death for the 1988 rape and murder of 21-year-old Karen Pulley in Chattanooga.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As outrage over the verdict catalyzed activist campaigns into criminalizing spousal rape in every state (only achieved, with many loopholes, in 1993) the town of Salem, Oregon just wanted to move on.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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In October 2025, a Florida appeals court overturned that verdict.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In other words, investors might bail on companies such as Nvidia, Oracle, and CoreWeave, whose fates are deemed too closely tied up with OpenAI’s.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hekate is the goddess of fate and the night, who is grossly misunderstood throughout history.—
Amber McBride,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Little Rock man who, police say, crashed while fleeing from an Arkansas State Police trooper last week now faces first-degree murder counts in the death of two teenage passengers, authorities said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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In short, at the heart within the kernel of concern for memory is a concern for death.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Doom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doom. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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