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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
doom \doom\, v. t. imp.  p. p. doomed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   dooming.
   1. to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. obs.
      --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.
      1913 webster

            absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
      1913 webster

            have i tongue to doom my brother's death? --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. new
      england --j. pickering.
      1913 webster

   5. to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.
      1913 webster

            a man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
doomed dooming 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
doomed
     adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
            sailor he was doomed"
     2: in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned
        souls" syn: cursed, damned, unredeemed, unsaved
     3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
        was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
        venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner
        was again put in irons"- w.h.prescott syn: ill-fated, ill-omened,
         ill-starred, unlucky
     4: usually followed by `to' determined by tragic fate;
        "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of
        kennedy's assassination" syn: fated
     n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
         doomed was in his voice" syn: lost
see also:
cursed damned unredeemed unsaved ill-fated ill-omened 
ill-starred unlucky fated lost 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "doomed":
   accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned,
   destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained,
   futile, ill-fated, in store, in the cards, inevitable, lost,
   luckless, marked, ordained, predestined, star-crossed, vain,
   written





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