spell doom
idiom
: to lead to the failure or end of something
The poor economy spelled doom for many small businesses.
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Devaluing marketing, underinvesting in tactics or assembling an inexperienced team could spell doom for even the most innovative and useful products and services.
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Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As the isolated scientists contend with the fact that any one of them could be an infected impostor, audiences witness how our inability to work with others may ultimately spell doom for the entire human race.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
With no rain in sight and abundant sunshine, the heat could spell doom toward the end of summer, when droughts rear their ugly heads, Colin said.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2025
And the war’s shock to the Iranian system could still help spell doom for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
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Andrea Aker, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As the isolated scientists contend with the fact that any one of them could be an infected impostor, audiences witness how our inability to work with others may ultimately spell doom for the entire human race.
—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
With no rain in sight and abundant sunshine, the heat could spell doom toward the end of summer, when droughts rear their ugly heads, Colin said.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2025
And the war’s shock to the Iranian system could still help spell doom for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
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“Spell doom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spell%20doom. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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