imprecation

The imprecation begins, “Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil” and asks him to “thrust into hell Satan and all evil spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of souls.”

He then leads the Army in shouts of the imprecation, "Arise, oh God, and let your enemies be scattered!"

At the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the display board posted her imprecation: “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”

Mr. McPartland and Mr. Burke used to greet one another on the phone with a vulgar imprecation.

She berated us with a steady stream of invective and imprecation for as long as she could see us; calling us murderers, barbarians, and every other name she could devise; informing us that she should be safe in her tub when we were burned to cinders.