doom-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: make certain the failure or destruction of; destine

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[agent] DOOM NP2 NP1[theme] DOOM NP2

Examples:
Procrastination will doom the project.
Ross Perot has doomed the Democrats' presidential bid.
Extreme shyness doomed him to a life of lonliness.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: doom.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3

Sense Number 2: condemn; make judgment on

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] DOOM NP2[patient]

Examples:
It was for this that the gods doomed him, and doomed him justly,
to meet his death at the hands of women.
They will never do anything clever enough to save him compared
to the way they cleverly doomed him.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: doom.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2