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 doomed to collapse. | doomed to failure: The marriage seems doomed to failure. — doomed adjective 2 noun (U) the end of something especially by destruction or death, that will soon come and that you cannot avoid: a terrible sense of impending doom | meet your doom: Thousands of soldiers met their doom on this very field. | spell doom for (=mean that something will end): The budget cuts spelled doom for the mining community. | doom and gloom (=a feeling that the future will be terrible)