damnatory

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He continued to hold the damnatory evidence within a foot of Monsieur Pettipon's staring incredulous eyes.

From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard

We remember two criticisms of the same work in the same week: one laudatory, especially of the facility and accuracy of its classical translations; the other damnatory for its cumbrous and unscholarlike versions.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various

He at once incriminated himself, and was soon induced to bring damnatory accusations against his friends.

From The Last Look A Tale of the Spanish Inquisition by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The sense of the damnatory clauses has, however, not been weakened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

It is not necessarily destructive of the most charming theories, but it is very definite and damnatory as to facts.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various