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Certain to suffer death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
“To repay Arthur for once saving his life, Ford wants Arthur to join him as he flees the doomed planet.”
Having suffered death, failure, or a similarly negative outcome
“If they don't think about the future, the business is doomed.”
Destined for a given (typically bad) fate
“So, does this mean I'm doomed to a life of loneliness?”
Sentenced for a crime or wrongdoing
“Rushworth was doomed to prison for the balance of his life, a period of six long years.”
Suggestive of bad luck or misfortune
(of a person) At the point of death
Feeling or causing despair
Not properly planned or thought through
(of a hope) Sincere, but unlikely to be fulfilled
Dying out, or at risk of dying out (completely)
Wrongly or badly planned or judged, typically because of faulty understanding
Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing
Decided in advance
Past tense for to consign or destine someone to a given fate, typically undesirable
“It is good to be reminded that one failure, even if it is the biggest one we can conceive, does not of itself doom us to a life of failure.”
Past tense for to penalize someone for a punishable offense
Past tense for to invoke or use a (magical) curse against
Past tense for to declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense in a court of law
Past tense for to issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
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