Both Uses
condemn
in
The War of the Worlds
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- I felt no condemnation; yet the memory, static, unprogressive, haunted me.†
Chpt 2.7 *
- It was a city condemned and derelict.... In South Kensington the streets were clear of dead and of black powder.†
Chpt 2.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(condemn as in: She condemned their plan) express strong criticism
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(condemn as in: was condemned to life in prison) to declare someone guilty of a crime and often sentence them to punishment; or more broadly, to cause someone to be judged guilty or doomed to an unwanted fate (as when evidence condemns a suspect)
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(condemn as in: condemned the building) an official government finding that a building is not suitable to be occupied
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In law, condemn can also refer to a legal real estate procedure in which the government forces someone to sell property to the government.