doom
noun
[ duːm ]
• death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.
• "the aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water"
Similar:
destruction,
downfall,
grim/terrible fate,
ruin,
ruination,
rack and ruin,
catastrophe,
disaster,
extinction,
annihilation,
death,
end,
termination,
quietus,
doom
verb
• condemn to certain death or destruction.
• "fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed"
Origin:
Old English dōm ‘statute, judgement’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘to put in place’; related to do1.
