Severely criticise (7)

I believe the answer is:

condemn

(Other definitions for condemn that I've seen before include "Express strong disapproval of" , "Sentence eg to imprisonment" , "Slate" , "Denounce" , "put on scrapheap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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