damnatory

dam·na·to·ry

[dam-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
conveying, expressing, or causing condemnation; damning.

Origin:
1675–85; < Latin damnātōrius, equivalent to damnā(re) (see damn) + -tōrius -tory1

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damnatory (ˈdæmnətərɪ, -trɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
threatening or occasioning condemnation

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Damnatory is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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