verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a condemned prisoner (= one who is going to be punished by being killed )
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There is an appeal process for condemned prisoners.
a resolution condemning sth
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The UN Security Council tabled a resolution condemning the invasion.
condemned cell
sentence/condemn sb to death (= decide someone must die as an official punishment )
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Two men were sentenced to death for the killings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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In consequence, these people also condemned the planners and the Council.
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It also condemns Labour-minded people in the North to acute political frustration.
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The Foreign Office also condemned the increase.
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She also condemned the practice of paying men-midwives higher fees than women.
as
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But the formula which brought them together was widely, and justifiably, condemned as unwieldy and tedious.
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The conflict lies in the fact that this second pole has for centuries been condemned as negative, subversive.
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With the wisdom of hindsight the policy of Ebert and his colleagues has been condemned as excessively pragmatic.
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The present leasehold system affects an estimated three million owners and has been widely condemned as unfair and archaic.
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What the former valued as a proper earthiness and sensuality, the latter condemned as mere vulgarity.
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In classical literature and ethics hypocrisy is condemned as undermining the essential distinction between good and evil.
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They condemn as absurd, lessons that teach children about homosexuality years before they can understand the meaning of the word.
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In 1965 it was condemned as unsafe and locked up.
roundly
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Such inequality was roundly condemned by the Old Testament prophets.
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And every year the report's findings are roundly condemned by Tory politicians for being excessively negative.
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Under normal circumstances that would be a thoroughly anti-democratic development, to be roundly condemned .
strongly
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We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition ....
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And last night the emergency services strongly condemned the children's school for organising the event during such bad weather.
widely
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The murder has been widely condemned .
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The proposal, to help fund fisheries work, had been widely condemned by farmers and landowners.
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The present leasehold system affects an estimated three million owners and has been widely condemned as unfair and archaic.
■ NOUN
action
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He merely condemned the actions which preserved that regime, and then only the worst.
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Democrats are discussing whether to abandon an effort to force a House vote on a resolution condemning the actions of Rep.
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You are absolutely right to condemn their actions which are little more than accidents waiting to happen.
attack
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Community leaders have condemned the attack .
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Intvs with community leaders condemning the attack .
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During an emergency debate on the situation on Sept. 25 the Bundestag unanimously condemned the attacks .
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The protest group fighting the plan says it wasn't responsible and has condemned the attacks .
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Voice over Police hunting the culprits have condemned the attack .
death
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Mottram was an original drunken sailor and was condemned to death for stealing a boat.
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White told how he had repeatedly tried to escape, been twice captured, twice imprisoned, finally condemned to death .
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As befitted his rank he was tried before the House of Lords and, being found guilty, was condemned to death .
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Fatally offended, the jury condemned him to death .
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His cook was charged and being found guilty was condemned to death .
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McVeigh was condemned to death after his conviction on identical charges in June.
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Justine has been condemned to death .
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This does not condemn interactive multimedia to death , but it does suggest a slower-than-expected scenario for widespread adoption.
government
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The Government deserve to be condemned by the electorate, as they surely will be.
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When Physioc refused to sell his property, the government condemned it and set about to take it under eminent domain laws.
invasion
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The Congress, held in a factory, condemned the invasion .
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There was a resolution he tried to get passed every year, condemning the invasion and calling for a withdrawal.
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The Soviet Union swiftly condemned the invasion , saying it was a blow to growing warmth in US-Soviet relations.
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In Cairo 14 Arab League countries condemn the invasion and call for an immediate withdrawal.
leader
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Community leaders have condemned the attack.
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Congressional representatives and religious leaders fired off faxes condemning violence at abortion clinics.
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Intvs with community leaders condemning the attack.
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Free world and Communist leaders alike condemned Deng and his government.
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Almost everyone, from right-wing businessmen to left-wing union and student leaders , condemned it.
move
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The Home Office is seriously considering the plans, while campaigners are condemning the moves .
plan
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Read in studio Protestors have condemned plans for Britain's second biggest reservoir as monstrous.
practice
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It does not condemn the practice .
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In 1991, many newspapers and magazines published ferocious editorials condemning the practice .
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We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition ....
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For example, exclusive dealing has been condemned in anticompetitive practice reports on several occasions.
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She also condemned the practice of paying men-midwives higher fees than women.
proposal
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In Parliament, opposition spokesmen condemned the proposals as an attack on the welfare state and a break with the consensus.
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Pete Wilson has been especially vehement in condemning that proposal .
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Independent parts manufacturers condemned the proposals as anti-competitive.
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That same day, several timber-industry groups mounted well-staged press conferences condemning the proposal .
report
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The report also was condemned by Rep.
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Female speaker Read in studio Voice over A report has condemned the state of prisoners rooms at a low security gaol.
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Both reports condemned the existing system and recommended the end of a separate Poor Law.
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An engineer's report had condemned the spire as dangerous and said that it must be dismantled.
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The report condemns recent changes in countryside protection policies, which it says were based on severely flawed statistics.
resolution
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For the first time, the World Health Organisation's annual assembly passed a resolution condemning female circumcision.
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Democrats are discussing whether to abandon an effort to force a House vote on a resolution condemning the actions of Rep.
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The meeting passed particular resolutions condemning the uncontrolled logging in Sarawak and the continuing harassment of tribal peoples in the state.
statement
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The Roman catholic church, in episcopal statements , unequivocally condemns violence North or South.
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Kececiler's statement was condemned by opposition politicians and the press.
use
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It condemned the use of secret trials and accused the government of refusing to allow the free expression of opposition views.
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We therefore condemn the use of public funds to subsidize obscenity and blasphemy masquerading as art.
violence
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He condemns the violence that took place at Ault.
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Congressional representatives and religious leaders fired off faxes condemning violence at abortion clinics.
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The Roman catholic church, in episcopal statements, unequivocally condemns violence North or South.
■ VERB
pass
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There was a resolution he tried to get passed every year, condemning the invasion and calling for a withdrawal.
refuse
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Here is the social democrat refusing to condemn the absurdities he chronicles so well; or simply producing half-baked observations.
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Inpeg, the Czech environmentalist umbrella group that organised the protests, refused to condemn Molotov cocktails being thrown at police.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
roundly condemn/criticize etc
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And every year the report's findings are roundly condemned by Tory politicians for being excessively negative.
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Pena was roundly criticized by senators who lectured him about public grandstanding and insufficient attention to safety concerns.
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Such inequality was roundly condemned by the Old Testament prophets.
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The slickly produced pamphlet listed numerous general goals but offered little in the way of specifics and has been roundly criticized.
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Under normal circumstances that would be a thoroughly anti-democratic development, to be roundly condemned.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Inspectors condemned the three buildings after the fire.
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Lawyers were quick to condemn the new legislation.
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Local authorities have been condemned for failing to tackle the problem of homelessness.
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Politicians and religious leaders have universally condemned this act of terrorism.
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The destruction of rainforests has been condemned as a disaster for the environment.
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The French government condemned the killings and ordered an immediate investigation.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Far better condemn the whole nation to watching television.
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It was lauded by the industry but condemned as insufficient by some security experts and victims' advocates, including Cummock.
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Meaning they either threw you in the gulag for 20 years or condemned you to a lifetime of borscht.
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Standing at windows was his favourite situation for brooding, self-examination, consoling or condemning himself ... wondering what to do next.
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The cooks were up at 0500 hours, preparing the usual early breakfast for men condemned to hard work.
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They want to condemn industrial output.
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Where she was concerned, he was too prone to condemn .
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You are condemned to live outside time.