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Denounce Speak Destroy Dɪ'Naʊns V.当众指责 Denounced Coward Traitor

Front denounce
Pron [dɪ'naʊns]
Back 【denounce】
v.当众指责
He was denounced as a coward and traitor.
他被指责为懦夫和卖国贼。
Vocab
denouncespeak out against

To denounce is to tattle, rat out, or speak out against something. When you stand on your desk and tell the class that your partner is cheating, you denounce him or her.

The prefix de- means "down," as in destroy or demolish (tear down). Add that to the Latin root nuntiare, meaning "announce," and destroy plus announce equals denounce. It's a word that shows up in the headlines often, as a country might denounce a corrupt election. Politicians love to denounce each other's shady doings, or denounce some underhanded activities of people in their party in order to separate themselves. Denounce can also mean the official end of something, like a treaty.

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