denunciative

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denunciative
Adjective
  • The lasting impact of the 1953 coup While the U.S. and Iran have butt heads over a range of issues since the 1979 revolution and hostage crisis, including years of strife over Iran’s nuclear program, the 1953 coup remains a critical event still invoked in modern Iran.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • The honorees will receive grants of up to $110,000 annually for up to five years to conduct research on critical topics in neuroscience, cancer, immunology and pain.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Besides condemnations cloaked in virulent antisemitism and anti-Zionism, many questioned Israel’s open war against Iran and its implications for President Donald Trump’s commitment to restore safety and security around the world.
    Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2025
  • Meanwhile, Spotify only took down the song following public pressure but has yet to answer for allowing major podcasts to platform Holocaust deniers and amplify virulent antisemites.
    Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
Adjective
  • In healthcare, for example, AI is being used in skin cancer detection, yet studies show that dermatologists are less likely to recommend biopsies for malignant skin cancers on patients with darker skin.
    Pauleanna Reid, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • One study found that overall incidence of malignant appendix tumors in the United States more than doubled from 2000 to 2016 — and the diagnosis increases were highest among younger age groups.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Our national broadcaster should not be transmitting hateful material designed to incite violence and conflict.
    Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR, 30 June 2025
  • But here’s the hard truth: the First Amendment protects vile, hateful speech, not just popular opinions.
    Bob Shaw, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2025
  • The first-degree arson charges and malicious damage by explosive charges are connected to the damage to two homes on each side of Barnette’s property.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the book, Benedict falls for Sophie Beckett, the daughter of an earl who’s been hidden away from the Ton and forced to work as a housemaid by her spiteful stepmother.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
  • But what does our contemporary obsession — both spiteful and fawning — with Brutalism say about our wants and needs as a society at this moment?
    Anna Kodé, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Sarah Connor would never embrace the malevolent AI that tormented her in its quest to destroy humanity.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Some historians have concluded that the locals saw Mendaña’s men as a group of malevolent ghosts.
    Pete McKenzie, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Gorgeous archival interview clips with the young Stephanie Mills, Broadway’s original Dorothy in The Wiz, underline the gulf between audiences’ love for her and the unkind barbs of critics at the time.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
  • Steve’s first instinct is almost always to say something awful or unkind, and then Murray’s eyes flash a desire to take it back.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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“Denunciative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denunciative. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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