Doom

See also: doom and DOOM

English

Logo

Alternative forms

• DOOM

Etymology

From doom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːm
• Homophones: doom, DOOM

Proper noun

Doom

1. (video games) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.
   • 1996 May 1, Jeffrey Adam Young, “CyberMage: Darklight Awakening Review”, in GameSpot‎^[1]:

     Origin […] have used the canvas of a Doom-like first-person 3-D engine to paint a master work of their own in this comic-book action game.

Derived terms

• Doom clone
• Doomer

Anagrams

• Odom, mood

Plautdietsch

Noun

Doom m (plural Dooms)

1. dome