doom

  1. Proper noun.  (video games, trademark) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the father of the genre.
  2. Noun.  (countable, historical) A law.
  3. Noun.  (countable, historical) A judgment or decision.
  4. Noun.  (countable, historical) A sentence or penalty for an illegality or type of illegality.
  5. Noun.  Death; an adverse or terrible fate, end.
  6. Noun.  Destiny, especially adverse.
  7. Noun.  An impending severe problem or danger that seems inevitable.
  8. Noun.  A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
  9. Noun.  (context, sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; ''or'', an artistic representation of it.
  10. Verb.  To condemn to a terrible fate or outcome.

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