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damns

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/dæmz/ English

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noun

  1. The use of "damn" as a curse.“He said a few damns and left.”
  2. A small, negligible quantity, being of little value; a whit or jot.“The new hires aren't worth a damn.”
  3. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.“I don't give a damn.”

verb

  1. To condemn to hell.“I damn you eternally, fiend!”
  2. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment.
  3. To put out of favor; to ruin; to label negatively.“I’m afraid that if I speak out on this, I’ll be damned as a troublemaker.”
  4. To condemn as unfit, harmful, invalid, immoral or illegal.

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