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 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 Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers. — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 The Philadelphia Phillies slugger did exactly that in the second inning with two on and two out, taking a 92 MPH fastball 418 feet into the right field seats, dooming the Mets in a 6-2 loss Sunday night. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 June 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 In the year 2027 (which is somehow just one year from now, please stop, passage of time), Children of Men imagines a world where women have been infertile for years, dooming humanity to a slow extinction. — Grace Dean, Space.com, 2 May 2026
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  1. ordaining
  2. sentencing
  3. condemning
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  • 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
  • Although Anglican churches in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and New Zealand began ordaining women as priests as early as the 1970s, the Church of Nigeria resisted such developments.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of ordaining
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  • The state should provide pathways to employment for these individuals rather than sentencing them to jail time when possible, said Sharp-Collins in the Assembly.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • After hearing an emotional testimony, Judge Delucchi upheld the jury's suggestion of the death penalty, sentencing Scott to death by lethal injection.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of sentencing
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  • One request from the tenants union was for the city to use the health department’s authority to make emergency repairs to the buildings and refrain from condemning the property.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • In fact, the administration was sweeping in condemning the rest of the world - including its strongest allies and largest trading partners - on this topic.
    — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 24 July 2026
Definition of condemning

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