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Doom

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

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Assure 76% connected

To make sure or certain; to render confident by a promise, declaration, or other evidence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Declare 76% connected

To make clear; to free from obscurity.

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Destiny 76% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Ensure 76% connected

To make sure. See Insure.

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Fate 76% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Guarantee 76% connected

In law and common usage: A promise to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insure 76% connected

To make sure or secure; as, to insure safety to any one.

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Ordain 76% connected

To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Foredoom 76% connected

To doom beforehand; to predestinate.

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Reprobate 76% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

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Doomsday 74% connected

A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Doomsday 74% connected

A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

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Sentence 74% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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Sentence 74% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

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Entails 1

Convict 72% connected

Proved or found guilty; convicted.

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Synonym 6

Condemn 92% connected

To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Designate 92% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Destine 92% connected

To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doomsday 92% connected

A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fate 92% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sentence 92% connected

Sense; meaning; significance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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