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.
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181) The effects of verbal abuse can be shattering.
182) Community Care believes elder abuse is a major problem.
183) Intent could be a factor in defining elder abuse.
184) Alcoholism and drug abuse are also excluded.
185) A lot of racial abuse and harassment goes on.
186) People we spoke to in Ross said that people involved in racial abuse were in the minority.
187) Instead of sighs and accidents there was pointed and deliberate abuse.
188) The Medicare system is based on trust, so it is open to abuse.
189) Worrell lost his job as coach because of his verbal abuse of players.
189) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find excellent sentences for a large number of words.
190) This of course has been well documented in the tragic cases of children suffering from abuse.
191) Under recently passed statutes, teachers now also have a duty to report child abuse and neglect.
192) Some critics say the prisons should hire more blacks to help curb racial abuse.
193) The potential for abuse and misuse of genome and cloning technology has always been a quiet threat.
194) They were open to abuse, and their system of controls did not always work.
195) Ill health Drug abuse can lead to damage to main organs of the body, mental illness, malnutrition or death.
196) Several residential neighborhoods have seen increases in robberies, burglaries, street violence and domestic abuse, the spokesmen said.
197) The Cabinet also felt it was impractical, expensive and open to abuse, and the proposal was dropped.
198) Drug abuse cannot ever be eliminated by law, and medical therapy can only be effective for those who are extremely determined to quit taking drugs. Dr T.P.Chia
199) As far as physical abuse and neglect is concerned, a variety of factors may put a family at risk.
200) An angry mob screamed abuse and hurled missiles during clashes with police yesterday.
201) The potential for abuse in such a system is immense.
202) To confront domestic abuse is to confront the failure of the church.
203) I was scared of verbal abuse before, when I was bigger; now it's great to feel invisible.
204) Leaning out of the window, he let loose a stream of abuse.
205) The power to stop a prosecution arises only when it is an abuse of the process of the court.
206) A definition which fails to confront abuse fails to bring about effective interventions and risks increasing the incidence of abuse.
207) The sportswear giants broke off their deal with the world sprint champion who's awaiting a four-year ban for drug abuse.
208) Novacek also gives of his time to drug abuse programs and to the Stay in School campaign.
209) Today the situation isn't much better: it is estimated 250,000 elderly people are suffering serious abuse.
210) But former Rangers star Ferguson was having to put up with a torrent of abuse.