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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "condemn"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āϏāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strongly and publicly disapprove of something or someone
Transitive: to condemn an action or behavior
to condemn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher condemned cheating, emphasizing the importance of academic integrity.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻĄā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āϏāϤāϤāĻžāϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give a severe punishment to someone who has committed a major crime
Ditransitive: to condemn a criminal to a punishment
to condemn definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge condemned the corrupt politician to the maximum sentence allowed by law.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϜ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāϕ⧇ āφāχāύ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to formally declare something as unsuitable or unsafe for use
Transitive: to condemn sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Following the safety inspection, the fire marshal condemned the old warehouse as a fire risk.
āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻĢāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϗ⧁āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āύāĻŋ āĻā§āρāĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to establish or demonstrate someone or something as guilty
Transitive: to condemn sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The whistleblower 's revelations condemned the corporation.
āĻšā§āχāϏ⧇āϞāĻŦā§āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļāύāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to compel someone to endure or accept something undesirable or unpleasant
Ditransitive: to condemn sb to an unpleasant condition | to condemn sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Growing up in poverty condemned her to a childhood devoid of many luxuries her peers enjoyed.
āĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‹āώ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§€āϰāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāĻœā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially designate and declare private property to be acquired for public use
Transitive: to condemn a property
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city council condemned a portion of downtown for urban redevelopment.
āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋāϞ āĻĒ⧁āύāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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