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Doomsday

A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.

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Day 76% connected

The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunsh…

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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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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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Doom 74% connected

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Doom 74% connected

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

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Doom 92% connected

Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abuse verb · 78% connection

Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling.

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Anacoluthon noun · 78% connection

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter pa…

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And conj. · 78% connection

A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, o…

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Antimetathesis noun · 78% connection

A rhetorical figure resulting from a reverted arrangement in the last clause of a sentence of the two principal words of the clause pr…

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Apodosis noun · 78% connection

The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clau…

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Attainder noun · 78% connection

The act of attainting, or the state of being attainted; the extinction of the civil rights and capacities of a person, consequent upon…

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Attaint verb · 78% connection

To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason…

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Commutation noun · 78% connection

The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or…

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Commute verb · 78% connection

To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single…

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Condemn verb · 78% connection

To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

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Condemnable unknown · 78% connection

Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.

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Condemnatory adjective · 78% connection

Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

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Conviction noun · 78% connection

A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found g…

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Coroner noun · 78% connection

An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterio…

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Curse verb · 78% connection

Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.

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Damnably adverb · 78% connection

In a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or punishment.

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Damnation noun · 78% connection

The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

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Decrial noun · 78% connection

A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

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