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imprecation
[ im-pri-key-shuhn ]
imprecation
/ ˌɪ³¾±è°ùɪˈ°ì±ðɪʃə²Ô /
noun
- the act of imprecating
- a malediction; curse
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of imprecation1
Example Sentences
Without waiting to catch breath after his heroic skirmish, he began uttering, over these detested feathers, the most horrible imprecations imaginable.
Her singing encompassed cathartic extremes: lullabies and imprecations, sighs and howls.
She hurled raspy imprecations in “Hurt Yourself†and let her voice break with tearful desperation and then find its own resolve in the hymnlike “Sandcastles.â€
He then leads the Army in shouts of the imprecation, "Arise, oh God, and let your enemies be scattered!"
In the history of American presidential debates, there never has been a spectacle of imprecations and interruptions like Tuesday night’s prize fight.
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