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damn someone/something for something
collocation
to blame or strongly criticize something or someone for something:
The inquiry into the disaster damns the company for its lack of safety precautions.这起灾难的调查报告强烈谴责该公司没有预先采取足够的安全措施。
There were several newspaper reports the following day damning him for his arrogance.
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damnverb
They made an honest mistake, but we should not damn them for that.
Nobody would have damned her for refusing to speak to the press.
She damned herself for not figuring it out sooner.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
excoriate
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
nitpicker
pile
slam
union-basher
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