condemn
IPA: kʌndˈɛm
verb
- (transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
- (transitive) To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- (transitive) To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
- (transitive) To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- (transitive) To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
- (transitive) To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
- (transitive) To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
- To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
- (transitive) To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
- (transitive, law) To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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Examples of "condemn" in Sentences
- #Hillary Clinton dont be "deeply concerned" Have you heard of the word condemn?
- Several said the government should have used the word "condemn" rather than "deplore."
- SALVADOR: The fact that the word condemn doesn't appear in the text of the resolution is of no importance.
- Thanks DP, Never ceases to amaze how they expect you to appreciate and respect the things they believe in, yet condemn from the highest peak the rights of others they don't believe in.
- What is interesting is the hypocrisy: that a Conservative will decry and condemn from the podium and from the pulpit behaviors that they themselves have engaged in and that they intend to engage in again.
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