as in to curse
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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Identical twins Hal and Bill (both Theo James) have been cursed by the mysterious monkey toy since childhood; their father tried to vanquish it to no avail.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025 -
In the source material, Galactus is the lone survivor of a dead universe cursed with a bottomless hunger for the energy form living worlds.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Imprecate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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