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"prophecy of doom" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an expected negative outcome. For example, "Experts are warning that if we don't make dramatic changes to our environment, it could lead to a prophecy of doom in the near future."
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And what better atmospherics to accompany a prophecy of doom than a total eclipse, which was considered an ill omen?
In the popular imagination, Y2K has become a punch line, a prophecy of doom unfulfilled, like the Maya calendar turned out to be in 2012.
The IPCC report is not actually, as some would have you think, a prophecy of doom – it is a call for action.
At least six ravens are always kept at the Tower because of a prophecy of doom for England if they ever left.
For you it was exciting, the expression of a wish; for me it was a prophecy of doom that made me tremble.
The fact is that the Stern report, with its prophecy of doom if we fail to act, did not lead to a fundamental change of direction, as shown by the failure of global climate change negotiations.
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All their prophecies of doom are unfounded.
The governor's prophecies of doom are, he says, "marketing".
Formal approval of the rule change has led to renewed prophecies of doom.
Both bolster their prophecies of doom with plodding travelogue from developing countries.
But it is generally more lucrative to sell prophecies of doom than to act on them.
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