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condemned

[kuhn-demd] / kənˈdɛmd /
ADJECTIVE
sentenced to punishment
Synonyms


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“I lived in one of those houses that were condemned for the Santa Monica freeway,” he recalled of his last year of college.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The Trevor Project, a crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, condemned the ruling.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

In France - one of a number of countries where genetic testing is illegal without a medical prescription due to privacy laws - the government has condemned the decision as "a step backwards".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The call to march condemned a "severe attack" on those policies.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Osiander’s preface certainly didn’t soothe the Lutherans, and the book was roundly condemned by the European protestant movement.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin