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   comminatory

   /ˈkɒmɪnəˌt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. threatening, punitive, or vengeful: rare "both advocated a mild resolution which would head off anything more comminatory from the Soviet Union"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- ‘threatened’, from the verb comminari (see commination).

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