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Main Entry:	punish [puhn-ish] Show IPA/ˈpʌnɪʃ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	penalize for wrongdoing
Synonyms:	abuse, attend to, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, crack down on, cuff, debar, defrock, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, give a going over, give the works, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, rap knuckles, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, slap wrist, spank, switch, teach a lesson, throw the book at, train, whip
Antonyms:	award, exonerate, let go, praise, protect, reward

Main Entry:	batter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	strike and damage
Synonyms:	assault, bash, beat, break, bruise, buffet, clobber, contuse, cripple, crush, dash, deface, demolish, destroy, disable, disfigure, drub, hurt, injure, lacerate, lambaste, lame, lash, mangle, mar, maul, mutilate, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, thrash, wallop, wreck

Main Entry:	beat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	injure by striking
Synonyms:	bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste, lash, lick, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip
Antonyms:	aid, assist, guard, help, protect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Example Sentences

Punish the wrongdoers, force them to change, or close their doors.

It creates a theoretical accountability that could help punish perpetrators.

Some of these battles were purely exhibits of supremacy or to punish recalcitrant local leaders.

Punish the wrongdoers, force them to change, or close their doors.

It creates a theoretical accountability that could help punish perpetrators.

Some of these battles were purely exhibits of supremacy or to punish recalcitrant local leaders.

Free will is simply an effective toolto punish people for rule breaking.

The remote islands were considered to be a suitable place to punish the rebels.

The stock market will punish manipulators and excessive granters.

It doesn't make a lot of sense to punish you for it.

The great danger is that they will seek a way to punish it, as destructive for everybody as that might be.

Her parents encourage her independence but worry that school and the workplace will punish her for it.

Spanking must be done to punish the child and for the wrong done by him despite verbal admonishing.

We shouldn't punish scientists for not doing the impossible.

To really punish us effectively, you need to find a way to really get into our heads and aim straight for our geeky psyches.

Cultivate your awareness, expand your center, and you won't have to punish yourself.

If the intention was to punish speculators, there is also cause for concern.

If a mess has been made, it is useless to punish him.

We as citizen's punish politicians who look more than a few years down the road and present a plan.

Ted says that he's not out to punish venture capitalists.

As stated above, they administrators only have to isolate and punish one faculty member and the rest shut up.

It will not be able to intervene unless it is clear that national authorities cannot, or will not, punish alleged wrongdoers.

What the legislation should be is designed to punish them and them only.

We must punish them: since they alone are accountable for the damages already done.

The administration has repeatedly vowed to punish any foreign government found to have involvement in the attacks.

If you remove the benefit, and you punish it, you will have fewer problems.

European leaders, too, have talked of trade sanctions to punish the laggards in the fight against global warming.

In fact, studies demonstrate that women tend to reward unethical behavior and punish ethical behavior.

But the only solutions that appear to be available would punish students.

It lay also in the failure to punish any of the culprits.

Most advocates believe that it is inhumane to punish individuals who did not adequately grasp what they were doing.

There are some significant weaknesses with this system which would unfairly punish some schools and promote other schools.

Just punish the polluters and make them stop putting so much crap into our oceans and atmosphere.

And no countries sufficiently punish people who kill tigers or illegally traffic in their skins or body parts.

Regulators cannot agree on how much to punish banks as well as exactly who should benefit from a settlement.

Progress requirement designed to punish delinquent students causes headaches for.

Another axiom is that voters punish governments that impose tough austerity programmes.

Or he might kill them all, to make an example of them or to punish them for going to the police".

People punish one another for stinginess more than they reward for generosity.

Try to move them and they'll punish you by not flowering for several years.

Sufficient laws are in place to punish those who violate copyright law, he said.

To prevent future crises, governments must learn to let markets punish excessive risk-taking.

If they did punish it, it would not be this frequent.

Kremlin-sponsored youth thugs had called him a traitor and pledged to punish him.

In experiments, humans will generally reject or punish a partner who offers noticeably less than.

The bill would also punish companies that are careless with customers' information.

Too often what we've been doing is using these tests to punish students or to, in some cases, punish schools.

Frederick because they fear schools will punish students who talk about their religious.

Baylor has announced that it will consider whether to punish the professor.

Only their home states have the authority to try and punish them.

And no matter how badly you want to punish people, society loses in the end.

In addition, it's uncomfortable to punish spammers more severely than criminals who do physical harm to people.

He has to weigh whether and how severely to punish bishops who failed to act to deal with abuses in their domains.

But some have concerns that it could be used to punish or torture suspects rather than control them.

Sanctions meant to punish rulers also punish the people, too.

They are not allowed to punish strikers-by sacking them, for example.

Punitive damages are the amount a jury awards to punish conduct of an offender.

They also reacted differently when given a chance, in variations of the game, to punish another player for hogging the prize.

But the government is increasingly trying to punish individuals for the actions of their firms.

The only way to prevent piracy is to punish legitimate customers after it already.

Punish juveniles for all offenses, even minor ones, so children learn early that crime doesn't pay.

And you let them punish themselves if they've been talking about the student.

Now they are rushing out measure after measure to punish the survivors, accompanied by increasingly fiery rhetoric.

The government might also explore ways to reward good security practices and punish poor ones through.

Further, these are also societies which dictate and often punish women for violating dress codes and prescribed social behavior.

In this case, it seems unfair to punish them for something they did not consent to doing.

The other tactic is to punish athletes for misbehaving.

So it is proposed to punish net radio with unique and exorbitantly high royalties.

They can't give raises or any sort of extras to good performers, and there is also little to withhold to punish poor performers.

Efforts are also being stepped up to punish companies that pay bribes.

We also wanted to punish his or her parents by giving the guilty child a shot of espresso and a puppy.

Sony needs a system that doesn't punish consumers yet somehow satisfies the entertainment industry.

We don't punish crazy people precisely because they are not free and thereby not morally responsible.

It also means it is hard to punish countries that run slack fiscal policies.

Governments throughout the region have been loth to punish the perpetrators of honour crimes.

The campaign is unwise because it seeks to punish and stigmatize those with whom the protesters disagree.

They were taught to punish and even kill other children who disobeyed or sought to escape.

If you let the puppy get on the couch sometimes and then you punish him other times for getting on the couch, he will be confused.

When he arrived, he found that a few officers were handcuffing and beating inmates to punish them.

They are apt to punish the messenger, not the miscreants.

China's leaders promise to hunt down and punish hoarders and speculators.

Like a good diet, if you slip up and fail one day, don't punish yourself or set unrealistic expectations for the future.

Voters would thus have been likely to punish her allies harder in the fourth quarter than they will be in the second.

In a good many cases, administrators have also shut down the sales and tried to punish the would-be vendors.

Main Entry:	castigate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize severely
Synonyms:	baste, bawl out, beat, berate, blister, cane, censure, chasten, chastise, chew out, come down on, correct, criticize, discipline, drag over the coals, dress down, drub, excoriate, flay, flog, jump down one's throat, lambaste, lash, lay out, lean on, penalize, pummel, punish, rail, rate, read the riot act, ream, rebuke, reprimand, scarify, scathe, scold, scorch, scourge, thrash, tongue-lash, upbraid, whip
Antonyms:	compliment, laud, praise

Main Entry:	chasten
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	correct, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, admonish, afflict, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, take to task, tame, tongue-lash, try, upbraid
Notes:	chasten means to correct by punishment, to take to task - to restrain or subdue; chastise means to punish, as by beating or to criticize severely
Antonyms:	aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift

Main Entry:	chastise
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	scold, discipline
Synonyms:	baste, beat, berate, castigate, censure, chasten, chew out, climb all over, correct, ferule, flog, lash, lay into, lean on, pummel, punish, ream, scourge, skelp, slap down, spank, thrash, upbraid, whip
Antonyms:	cheer, comfort, compliment, encourage, forgive, inspirit, promote

Main Entry:	condemn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	blame, convict
Synonyms:	adjudge, belittle, blow whistle on, call down, castigate, censure, chide, come down on, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, denunciate, deprecate, depreciate, disapprove, disparage, doom, find fault with, find guilty, frame, hang something on, judge, knock, lay at one's door, let have it, name, pass sentence on, pin it on, point finger at, pronounce, proscribe, punish, put away, put down, reprehend, reproach, reprobate, reprove, send up, send up the river, sentence, skin, thumbs down on, upbraid
Antonyms:	absolve, acquit, approve, clear, discharge, exonerate, free, pardon, release, set free

Main Entry:	consume
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	eat, drink
Synonyms:	absorb, bolt, chow down, devour, down, eat up, feed, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hoover, ingest, ingurgitate, inhale, meal, mow, nibble, partake, polish off, punish, put away, put down, scarf, snack, stuff one's face, swallow, swill, take, toss down, wolf
Antonyms:	fast, starve

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	correct
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discipline, chastise
Synonyms:	administer, admonish, castigate, chasten, chide, penalize, punish, reprimand, reprove
Antonyms:	be permissive, coddle, indulge, pamper, pet, spoil

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