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Ensures the failure of (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dooms

'ensures the failure of' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for dooms that I've seen is " Condemns to certain failure".)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.
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