damnatory

 [dam-nuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]  

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)
 
—adj
threatening or occasioning condemnation

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