verb
- Express strong disapproval of.
- usage: "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"
- Declare or judge unfit for use or habitation.
- usage: "The building was condemned by the inspector"
- Compel or force into a particular state or activity.
- usage: "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
- Demonstrate the guilt of (someone. )
- usage: "Her strange behavior condemned her"
- Pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law.
- usage: "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
- Appropriate (property) for public use.
- usage: "the county condemned the land to build a highway"
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