Foredoom (Verb)
Meaning
Doom beforehand.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The prophecy was believed to foredoom the entire city to destruction by a massive earthquake.
- Her fear of flying seemed to foredoom her to a life of road trips and long train journeys.
- Their reputation for tardiness and poor planning appeared to foredoom the project from the very start.
- Many economists believed the company's business model was flawed and would foredoom it to financial failure.
- The team's dismal performance in the previous season seemed to foredoom their chances of making the playoffs.