condemn
/kənˈdɛm/
Dictionary
verb
- To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
"The president condemned the terrorists."
- To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
- To confer eternal divine punishment upon.
- To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
"The house was condemned after it was badly damaged by fire."
- To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
- To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
- To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
- To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
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