Synonym: damage, ill-use, injure, mistreat. Similar words: a bundle of, bush, business, on business, businessman. Meaning: [ə'bjuːz] 
n. 1. cruel or inhumane treatment 2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt 3. improper or excessive use. v. 1. treat badly 2. change the inherent purpose or function of something 3. use foul or abusive language towards 4. use wrongly or improperly or excessively.
n. 1. cruel or inhumane treatment 2. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt 3. improper or excessive use. v. 1. treat badly 2. change the inherent purpose or function of something 3. use foul or abusive language towards 4. use wrongly or improperly or excessively. 
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151) Is drug abuse a suitable topic for a school debate?
152) He showed how the rich and powerful can abuse their position.
153) The abuse of women needs to be treated seriously and sensitively.
154) The government has appointed a drugs tsar to co-ordinate the fight against drug abuse.
155) When he saw us, he fired off a string of abuse.
156) The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics.
157) Abuse was hurled at workers who crossed the picket line.
158) Children are most vulnerable to abuse within their own home.
159) The team who lost became a target of abuse for angry fans.
160) Many children have become emotionally disturbed as a result of the abuse they have suffered.
161) They examined the child carefully,(www.Sentencedict.com) looking for telltale signs of abuse.
162) He was dragged out of the court, spitting abuse at the judge and jury.
163) Judge Hawthorne was chosen to head the team investigating the allegations of abuse.
164) There is much debate on the issue of "therapists" implanting false memories of sexual abuse in adults.
165) Cases of child abuse often go unreported or ignored by uninformed citizens.
166) Some of the issues surrounding alcohol abuse are very complex.
167) The man burst into a torrent of foul-mouthed racist abuse.
168) Alcohol abuse in men can cause loss of sex drive and reduced potency.
169) They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
170) The government is taking a tough line on drug abuse.
171) Dillon addressed the issue of child abuse in his speech.
172) There's evidence to suggest that child abuse is not just a recent phenomenon.
173) Most of the letter consisted of a stream of abuse.
174) One day, after years of violent abuse from her husband,(Sentencedict.com) she took the law into her own hands.
175) There is no single, authoritative definition of child abuse.
176) The incidence of elder abuse is hard to quantify.
177) This is an obscene abuse of political power.
178) Both options are open to abuse.
179) I can never condone coin-throwing or racial abuse.
180) Nixon was accused of the abuse of presidential power.