dooms

noun

An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.

Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.

Destiny, especially terrible.

Death.

(sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

(video games) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.

Alternative form of Doom. [(video games) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.]

(countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.

(countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.

(countable, obsolete) A law.

verb

(transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.

(obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.

(obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

(archaic, New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

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