foredoom

verb

(ˌ)fȯr-ˈdüm How to pronounce foredoom (audio)
Definition of foredoomnext
as in to doom
to determine the fate of in advance since the dawn of the ages he was foredoomed to become king one day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foredoom
  1. doom
  2. destine
  3. fate
  4. ordain
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  • The defense world was buzzing over the weekend as the U.S. Air Force punted a decision on its futuristic fighter into the new year and into the hands of an administration that could doom it.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Pierce’s piece demonstrates how site owners are caught between a rock and a hard place: Even if AI startups are crawling the internet solely to enrich their own products, disallowing the bots may doom a site to obscurity.
    Peter Rubin, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of doom
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  • The right-hander is destined to sign a deal worth well north of $200 million with some experts projecting his deal to be nearly $250 million.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Travelers destined for Hawaii's Big Island this holiday season are running into a roadblock before even boarding the plane thanks to a shortage of rental cars on the island – and price gouging of what remains.
    Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of destine
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  • Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey that was fated to be served at the family's Christmas meal, according to the History Channel.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2024
  • If these fractures widen into wounds, with oceans eventually filling the gaps—a big if—Africa could be fated to turn into an archipelago tens of millions of years from now.
    ByPaul Voosen, science.org, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of fate
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  • He would be ordained a priest in 1918, at age 24, after studying in Rome.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • He was ordained a priest on June 14, 1964, at Woodstock College in Baltimore County.
    Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of ordain
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