denounced

/dษชหˆnaสŠnst/

IPA: /D IH0 N AW1 N S T/

verb
  1. 1

    To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.

  2. 2

    To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.

    โ€œto denounce someone as a swindler, or as a cowardโ€

  3. 3

    To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.

    โ€œto denounce a confederate in crimeโ€

  4. 4

    To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.

    โ€œto denounce war; to denounce punishmentโ€

  5. 5

    To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.

  6. 6

    To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked.

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