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abuse
noun as in wrong use
Strongest matches
corruption, crime, exploitation, injustice, misconduct, misdeed, misuse, offense, prostitution, wrongdoing
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debasement, delinquency, desecration, fault, misapplication, mishandling, mismanage, perversion, sin, wrong
noun as in physical hurting, injuring
Strongest matches
crime, damage, harm, injury, maltreatment, misdeed, offense, pollution, violation, wrongdoing
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noun as in verbal attack
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blame, castigation, censure, curse, curses, defamation, derision, hosing, insults, invective, knifing, libel, obloquy, opprobrium, put down, quinine, reproach, revilement, scolding, signifying, slander, swearing, tirade, upbraiding, vilification, vituperation
Weak matches
verb as in physically hurt or injure
verb as in use wrongly
verb as in attack with words
Strong matches
backbite, bash, belittle, berate, calumniate, cap, castigate, decry, defame, derogate, discount, knock, minimize, nag, oppress, reproach, ride, scold, signify, slam, slap, smear, sound, trash, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing
Weak matches
bad-mouth, blow off, cuss out, cut down, cut to the quick, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, pick on, put down, rag on, rip up, run down, sling mud, swear at, tear apart
verb as in take advantage of
Example Sentences
She has also served on Trump's opioid and drug abuse commission.
Freeholders and their agents, however, are adamant the system is not being abused and that they are simply "re-charging" the costs they face to the leaseholders.
New laws are going through Parliament to force building owners to make the bills they charge more transparent, although campaigners who say the system is being abused don't believe the legislation goes far enough.
Assistant chief constable Emma James said the force had reviewed its handling of an investigation launched after a domestic abuse allegation by Ms Brella on 29 August.
But the Security Council - prompted by then UN Secretary General Kofi Annan - refused to renew the exemption in June 2004, after pictures of US troops abusing Iraqi prisoners shocked the world.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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