■ noun death, destruction, or another terrible fate.
↘ archaic (in Christian belief) the Last Judgement.
■ verb condemn to certain destruction, death, or failure: her plan was ~ed to failure.
Derivatives
~ily adverb
~iness noun
~y adjective ( ~ier , ~iest ).
Origin
OE dōm 'statute, judgement', of Gmc origin, from a base meaning 'to put in place'; related to do 1 .