execrate
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The citizen of Oceania is not allowed to know anything of the tenets of the other two philosophies, but he is taught to execrate them as barbarous outrages upon morality and common sense.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Let other states think what they will of it, there is one reason why every Pennsylvanian should execrate this imposition upon mankind.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
That she had committed a technical offence is undeniable; but so did Andreas Hofer and other victims of Napoleonic tyranny whose doom patriotic Germans never cease to execrate.
From A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell by Protheroe, Ernest
Alas, I also execrate them—yet I feign to applaud them.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne
Bitterly did she execrate him, but it availed nothing.
From The Home Mission by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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