doom

Death, destruction, or another terrible end that someone or something faces.

• They feared their coming doom.
• The village faced certain doom as the fire approached.
• A sense of doom spread through the crowd.

Similar words: destruction, death

Common phrases: meet your doom, certain doom, sense of doom, fall to your doom

To officially decide that someone must suffer a punishment, especially death.

• The court doomed him to death.
• The prisoners were doomed to years of hard labor.
• A harsh judge could doom a thief to death.

How to use it: doom someone to something (The judge doomed the prisoner to death.)

Similar words: condemn, sentence

Common phrases: doom someone to death, doom a prisoner