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damnatory /ˈdamnət(ə)ri /
adjective conveying or causing censure or damnation:
the case against you was most damnatory.
– ORIGIN late 16th century: from Latin damnatorius, from dam(p)nat- caused to suffer loss, from the verb dam(p)nare (see damn).
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