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  • plural of doom.
  • present tense form of doom (3rd person singular).

dooms

American  
[doomz] / dumz /

adverb

Scot. and North England.
  1. very; extremely: used as a euphemism for damned.


Etymology

Origin of dooms

First recorded in 1805–15; doom + -s 1

Example Sentences

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Along with various Washington-area groups led by doom’s co-godfather, Scott “Wino” Weinrich, Pentagram eventually began to influence metal musicians around the Beltway and around the world.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2015

No need, really, as doom's never too far away from the Chatsworth estate; best to just wait and see.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2012

It is like the continual murmur of doom's own voice.

From Time Magazine Archive

The billiard sharp who any one catches, His doom's extremely hard— He's made to dwell— In a dungeon cell On a spot that's always barred.

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

But, father, I cry you mercy, Of that I have trespassed to thee, Forgiven, father, that it may be   Until doom's day.

From "Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays by Rhys, Ernest

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