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be damned en · X

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1. (mildly, optative, vulgar) Used as an exclamation to express irritation with or reckless disregard of a person or thing.
   • One pull more and you're at the top, and be damned to you. 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
   • However, even if he can't save Taffy 3, there are still the ships of the landing force to consider, and he orders Admiral Oldendorf to extract two destroyer squadrons, five cruisers, and the battleships Tennessee, California, and Pennsylvania from wrapping-up operations in Surigao Strait and proceed at best speed north, fuel-and-ammunition-level concerns be damned. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 19:11 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
   • All they care about is profit, the environment be damned.
   • "Shoot and be damned, you skug!" exploded Nickle. "As soon as we can see, by God! you'll squeal for this pretty loudly." 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

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