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doomsday definition

dooms·day (do̵̅o̅mz′dā′)

noun

  1. Judgment Day
  2. any day of reckoning
  3. any catastrophic day

Etymology: ME domesdai < OE domes dæg < domes, gen. of dom, doom + day

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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