denounce
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare.
- Verb. (transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
- Verb. (transitive) To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse.
- Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of.
- Verb. (transitive) To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice.
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