as in punishment
the sending of someone to hell as punishment after death
The minister spoke about death and damnation. He feared a sentence of eternal damnation for the sins of his youth.
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Recent Examples of damnation
The Zesty dipping sauce was heavy on the horseradish, but not compelling enough to save the fries from eternal chicken tender damnation.
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Even as the Mayor tried to rush home from the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, her silence to questions from a reporter who was on her flight only added to her damnation.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Even as the Mayor tried to rush home from the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, her silence to questions from a reporter who was on her flight only added to her damnation.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
However benign or malicious — whatever its life or death, possible eternal salvation or never-ending damnation — this spirit seizes your attention from the get-go because everything in this twisty, technically virtuosic, surprisingly moving chiller is shot from its point of view.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for damnation
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Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.—
Marcia Biederman,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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For years, state and local authorities have struggled to police these operations, hampered by limited resources and weak criminal punishments that allow arcade owners to brush off law-enforcement interference, the news organizations found.—
Josh Salman,
Miami Herald,
11 July 2025
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As America celebrates its 249th anniversary and a declaration of independence from tyranny on July 4, Bolick's comments represent his most piercing and direct condemnation of actions taken by the country's highest political leaders.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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The suppression of dissent drew international condemnation, and the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Belarus.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2025
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“Damnation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damnation. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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