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"denounce" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often condemn (7 letters).
Definitions
To publicly criticize or condemn something strongly.
Word origin
From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate.
Used in a sentence
“Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…].”
“And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come”
“to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Publicly condemn”8 letters
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