Doom and Passing

Doom

Doom noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: met his doom at the hands of a rampaging rhinoceros

Passing and doom are semantically related in death topic. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead a noun "Doom".

Nearby Words: doomed, dooms, dooming

Passing

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside

Doom and passing are semantically related in death topic. Sometimes you can use "Doom" instead a noun "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

How words are described

true true doom true passing
actual actual doom actual passing
great great doom great passing
supposed supposed doom supposed passing
Other adjectives: early, definitive, later, inevitable, imminent, eventual, nuclear.

Both words in one sentence

  • Sister trope to Lottery of Doom, where the "winners" are chosen by chance rather than ability, and Morton's Fork, where passing or failing the test both result in death (or some other nasty punishment).
  • Butterfly of Doom Any given ripple of influence from a chance passing could be a Butterfly of Doom — or a miraculous windfall — for Lola or anyone she brushes with.
  • Catch a Falling Star Danny Phantom where Danny rescues Sam from falling to her doom from atop a train passing a tall bridge.
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