The judgment doomed her to a life in prison.
•Your insistence on including that rigid clause doomed the contract to failure.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
doom — doom1 [ dum ] noun uncount a bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided: He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately. meet your doom (=die in an unpleasant… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
doom — I UK [duːm] / US [dum] noun [uncountable] a bad event, usually death, destruction, or complete failure, that will happen in the future and cannot be avoided He predicted doom for any country that did not act immediately. impending doom (= likely… … English dictionary
doom — doom1 [du:m] v [T usually passive] to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed etc be doomed to failure/defeat/extinction etc ▪ Many species are doomed to extinction. ▪ The plan was doomed from the start . be doomed to do sth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
doom — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to make someone or something certain to fail, die, be destroyed etc: doom sth to sth: The species is doomed to extinction. | doom sb/sth to do sth: Marx s theory was that capitalist economies are eventually… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
doom — [[t]du͟ːm[/t]] dooms, dooming, doomed 1) N UNCOUNT Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. ...his warnings of impending doom. ...a wicked mermaid who lured sailors to their doom. Syn: fate 2) N UNCOUNT If you have a… … English dictionary
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spell doom for — phrase to cause the end, death, or destruction of someone or something The arrival of the home computer spelt doom for the typewriter. Thesaurus: to bring an end to somethingsynonym to destroy or severely damage somethingsynonym to kill a person… … Useful english dictionary
spell doom for — to cause the end, death, or destruction of someone or something The arrival of the home computer spelt doom for the typewriter … English dictionary
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