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Meanings of damning in English

Threatening with damnation.

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Examples for "damnatory"
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The Athanasian Creed is not objectionable because of its damnatory clauses.
More Pages from a Journal
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Rocco Ricci within gave tongue to the vehement damnatory dance of Pericles outside.
Vittoria — Volume 7
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And the discharged gun, mine, was a damnatory proof against me.
East Lynne
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The damnatory clauses, as they are called, did not startle me.
Personal Recollections / Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining t...
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But he found in that steady regard nothing more damnatory than a keen, boyish interest.
Tangled Trails: A Western Detective Story
Usage of damning in English
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Lower Saxony is Roesler's home state, making a defeat there especially damning.
Reuters
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In fact, his testimony was particularly damning against Zuma at this point.
The South African
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The letter contains damning allegations about medical procedure inside the detention centre.
The Guardian
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Of course, you could say I'm damning the platforms with faint praise.
The Verge
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Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth was damning of the senior minister's comments.
Radio NZ
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Harries offered a damning assessment of ITV's drama track record last year.
The Guardian
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Miliband told Sky News on Saturday: I think these are damning revelations.
The Guardian
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Ms Bentley's assessment of how the department handled the case was damning.
News.com.au
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Given Laurel's own wounds, this may have been a particularly damning flaw.
The double bind
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Make no mistake, however, the findings in Tuesday's judgment are truly damning.
The Guardian
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The casualty figures make particularly damning reading for US officials and generals.
The Guardian
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The Senate subcommittee on investigations had handed in a damning report, true.
The Guardian
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Instead of asking some final, insightful, damning question, McKown gives me information.
A Winter Haunting
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Here's the best of a very damning retort towards the Public Protector.
The South African
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This void emanates from damning reports into CSA's sordid history of maladministration.
The South African
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The shortfall is a damning indictment of former commissioner Tom Moyane's legacy.
The South African
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