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What does detest mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word detest? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To dislike intensely; to loathe.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To witness against; to denounce; to condemn.
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I detest the cult of body fascism, the more so since I live in its global capital.
They loathe tinsel, detest office parties and abhor rum balls of all kinds.
But it also seems that, if you look to those who tend to dislike him, you very quickly find those who positively detest him.
I detest violence but for once, whilst I still didn't agree with it I could understand it.
And all the way, most like a brutish beast, he spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
Some shoppers detest them intensely, while millions will use them but can't be bothered to claim the benefits.

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