A judgement or decision, esp. one formally pronounced; a sentence; mostly in adverse sense, condemnation, sentence of punishment.

The Doom machine takes a daily measure of how close we are to a possible end to the world.

I am looking at the fear factor in our world, Pending disaster has become a feature of our lives, There is apprehension about our future personal and planetary safety. We are on an apocalyptic holding pattern.

background : inspired by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists prediction clock which has been in use since 1945. www.bulletin_of_the_atomic_scientists