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maledict

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Definition of maledict

as in to curse

to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon a fiery televangelist who was notorious for maledicting liberals and their ilk on a weekly basis

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In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Critics are cursing Practical Magic 2, the legasequel of the 1998 cult film.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026

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