Definitions

1. noun

A situation or condition in which a particular course of events is inevitable; a state of being predetermined or unavoidable.

“The country was faced with a foredoom of poverty due to the economic sanctions.”

2. verb

To make (something) inevitable or unavoidable; to predetermine or seal the fate of (something) as inescapable.

“The government’s policies foredoomed the city to economic decline.”