German-English translations for verhängnis

disaster
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We must save them from impending disaster. Wir müssen sie vor dem drohenden Verhängnis bewahren. People would suffer disasters when societys morality degenerates
doom
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They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.a criminal doomed to death

fatality
fate
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Accept your fateThe oracles prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.
ruin
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The monastery has fallen into ruinGambling has been the ruin of manythe ruin of a constitution or a government
undoingIt would be Europe' s undoing if we were to end up with just a few multinationals and no future for small and medium-sized businesses in Europe. Es wäre ein Verhängnis für Europa, wenn am Ende nur wenige Multinationale übrig blieben und der Mittelstand in Europa keine Zukunftschance hätte! His fatal flaw was his undoing. In a sense he defeated himself.