1
as in enemy
something or someone that is hated
most critics decried the remake of the classic film as an abomination
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as in hatred
a very strong dislike
the townspeople have such an abomination of taxes that they have even voted down increases that would have given their schools badly needed funds
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Remember the first responders on 9/11 who gave or risked that last full measure of devotion to rescue victims from the terrorist abominations of Al Qaeda.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
Homosexuality, my thinking went, was not just an abomination.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
To him, the body’s dispute settlement procedure, which was the primary innovation of the WTO over the GATT, is an abomination.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
There’s yet another attempt to revive the state’s shuttered redevelopment agencies – those crony-capitalist abominations that abused eminent domain, ran up debt without a public vote and distorted development decisions at the local level.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2024
Homosexuality, my thinking went, was not just an abomination.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
To him, the body’s dispute settlement procedure, which was the primary innovation of the WTO over the GATT, is an abomination.
—Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
There’s yet another attempt to revive the state’s shuttered redevelopment agencies – those crony-capitalist abominations that abused eminent domain, ran up debt without a public vote and distorted development decisions at the local level.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
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“Abomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abomination. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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