imprecated

past tense of imprecate
as in cursed
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon with her dying breath the witch imprecated the villagers for their relentless persecution of her

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  • The Cubs lost 8-6 and the cheers turned to jeers and swears as relief pitcher Jacob Webb cursed his own performance after the game.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • As the inscription had been damaged, researchers couldn’t decipher whether this tablet had cursed four slaves or whether four slaves had cried out to the Egyptian gods and demi-heroes, who knows?
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
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  • Researchers sometimes refer to these influences as permission structures, or social cues that signal whether certain behaviors are likely to be rewarded, ignored or condemned.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The author — who first came under fire in 2020 for making remarks widely condemned as transphobic — has denied being transphobic, defending her views as pro-feminist.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
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“Imprecated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecated. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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