dooming

verb

present participle of doom
1
as in destining
to determine the fate of in advance the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance

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2
as in sentencing
to impose a judicial punishment on doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole

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Recent Examples of dooming The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory has been called off, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The mission to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery reentry later this year. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Nuñez gave up a home run to Mike Yastrzemski in the seventh, and Austin Riley followed with one of his own, ultimately dooming the Mets. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 She’s lost Luke to Kronos, dooming them to fight on opposing sides of a war dividing the demigods. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Is the party genuinely rebuilding itself or are progressives dooming the Dems for what could have been a midterm rout? — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 14 July 2026 This evidence is considered among the most important to both sides, potentially either dooming OpenAI as an infringer or exonerating its chatbot technology as a transformative fair use of news sites’ content. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 Oppenheimer follow-up about a man haunted by defying the gods & dooming civilization — this one fights to avenge his own hubris. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026 The vessel split in two and sank within minutes, dooming most of the Allied prisoners trapped below deck. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dooming
  1. ordaining
  2. sentencing
  3. condemning
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  • The church began ordaining women as priests in the 1980s, beginning with Lucia Okuthe of the diocese of Maseno South in 1983.
    — Stephanie TriplettAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the ​group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining ​bishops without ⁠church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Definition of ordaining
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  • In sentencing Kapoor to more than 11 years in prison, the judge sided with prosecutors, who recommended a sentence of 136 months.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Timothy is charged with murder — an offense that typically mandates a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole — therefore the judge is required to hold a Miller hearing before sentencing in the case.
    — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of sentencing
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  • Public monuments condemning slavery have been removed, and Confederate names have been restored to Army bases.
    — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the dispute quickly escalated into a reputational crisis for the biennale, with artists from Taiwan and China condemning the name change as a betrayal of its founding ideals.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of condemning

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“Dooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dooming. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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