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doom

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Noun

  1. Destiny, especially terrible.
  2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
  3. Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
  4. A law.
  5. A judgment or decision.
  6. A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
  7. Death.
  8. The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

Verb

  1. To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.
  2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
  3. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
  4. To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
  5. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Phrase

  1. Initialism of didn't organize, only moved; used in compounds designating a miscellaneous collection of items which one has failed to properly organize.
  2. Alternative form of doom (“didn't organize, only moved”).

Proper noun

  1. Alternative form of Doom.
  2. A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.

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