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English verb: condemn | |||
| 1. | condemn (communication) express strong disapproval of | ||
| Samples | We condemn the racism in South Africa. These ideas were reprobated. | ||
| Synonyms | decry, excoriate, objurgate, reprobate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | denounce | ||
| 2. | condemn (communication) declare or judge unfit for use or habitation | ||
| Samples | The building was condemned by the inspector. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declare | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | boo, explode, hiss | ||
| Entail | evaluate, judge, pass judgment | ||
| 3. | condemn (social) compel or force into a particular state or activity | ||
| Samples | His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compel, obligate, oblige | ||
| 4. | condemn (perception) demonstrate the guilt of (someone) | ||
| Samples | Her strange behavior condemned her. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence, manifest | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | attaint | ||
| 5. | condemn (communication) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | ||
| Samples | He was condemned to ten years in prison. | ||
| Examples | They want to condemn the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | doom, sentence | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declare | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | foredoom, reprobate | ||
| Entail | convict | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 6. | condemn (possession) appropriate (property) for public use | ||
| Samples | The county condemned the land to build a highway. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attach, confiscate, impound, seize, sequester | ||
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