I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a term of abuse (= a word that is offensive or deliberately rude )
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‘Geek’ is used as a term of abuse.
abuse your position (= use your level or rank wrongly )
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He abused his position as a doctor.
abuse/misuse your authority (= use your authority in a bad way )
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The mayor was accused of abusing his authority and taking bribes.
alcohol abuse (= when someone drinks too much )
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alcohol abuse
an abuse of power (= a wrong or unfair use of power )
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This cover-up is a scandalous abuse of power.
child abuse (= treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually )
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He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
child abuse
domestic violence/abuse (= in a family, especially by a husband towards his wife )
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The organization supports women who are victims of domestic violence.
drug use/abuse (= taking drugs )
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She is being treated for drug abuse.
flagrant abuse/violation/breach etc
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flagrant violations of human rights
physical abuse/violence
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He had suffered physical abuse at the hands of his parents.
physically abuse sb
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Her father had physically abused her.
racial abuse (= insulting remarks based on someone's race )
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Their children had begun to face racial abuse on the streets and in school.
shout abuse/insults
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He was surrounded by a group of boys who shouted abuse at him.
solvent abuse
subject sb to an ordeal/abuse/harassment
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Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
substance abuse
tirade of abuse
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a tirade of abuse
torrent of abuse
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When I asked him to move, he unleashed a torrent of abuse .
verbal abuse (= cruel words )
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verbal abuse from other kids on the street
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
domestic
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Similarly, reporting of domestic abuse doubled in the London area between 1991-92.
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J.-hungry media with snappy sound bites and an attention-grabbing stance on domestic abuse .
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Many physicians have been trained to screen women for domestic abuse .
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Several residential neighborhoods have seen increases in robberies, burglaries, street violence and domestic abuse , the spokesmen said.
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His suspension was as lame as O. J. Simpson getting to do counseling over the telephone for domestic abuse .
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To confront domestic abuse is to confront the failure of the church.
elder
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The incidence of elder abuse is hard to quantify.
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So this week Community Care launches Elder abuse: break the silence - its major campaign for 1993.
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Intent could be a factor in defining elder abuse .
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Researching the prevalence of elder abuse is notoriously difficult, and information on the abuse of black elders is non-existent.
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Community Care believes elder abuse is a major problem.
emotional
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The victim of horrendous physical and emotional abuse , she was failed by all those who were bound up in her care.
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In one fell swoop, the authors have denied the deeply traumatizing consequences of extreme verbal and emotional abuse .
physical
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But he did refer to a spectator and an alleged verbal and physical abuse on Dooley and himself.
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She suffered terrible verbal as well as physical abuse for almost twenty-four years.
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Some women are afraid of physical violence or abuse from their partners, if they try to make changes in their relationship.
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The verbal and sometimes physical abuse that the guards have to take can be unbearable.
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A checklist of the types of physical abuse was developed to identify and categorise them.
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One is the difficulty of establishing a viable and nationally recognised definition of physical abuse .
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No one should be subject to physical or mental abuse , by another human being.
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This type of physical abuse is limited to the more extreme forms of witchcraft and satanism.
potential
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It helps management build a complete picture of various types of absence, and to identify potential abuses .
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The potential for abuse in such a system is immense.
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It may be necessary to report back to management any concerns of mismanagement or potential abuse .
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The potential for abuse and misuse of genome and cloning technology has always been a quiet threat.
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Given the potential for abuse , should drinks packaging carry a health warning on the label?
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When abuse or potential abuse is confirmed the conference may decide to place a child's name on the child protection register.
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The exchange has a continuing obligation to monitor markets and to identify and address potential abuses .
racial
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Some ethnic minority elders may find the continuing experience of hostility and racial abuse which they experience very hard to bear.
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Some critics say the prisons should hire more blacks to help curb racial abuse .
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People we spoke to in Ross said that people involved in racial abuse were in the minority.
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A lot of racial abuse and harassment goes on.
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Their children had begun to face racial abuse on the streets and in the schools.
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I can never condone coin-throwing or racial abuse .
serious
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So they set up this fund to compensate victims in serious cases of abuse .
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The way in which Gingrich and his assistants went about funding the program suggests a serious form of abuse .
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Several years ago we wrote a paper in which we detailed a serious case of abuse of editorial power.
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Many prisoners who actually had been newsmen had suffered serious abuse .
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Today the situation isn't much better: it is estimated 250,000 elderly people are suffering serious abuse .
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In some ways that is a more serious abuse than any yet alleged against Clinton.
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But that is clearly a radical step, only likely to be taken when very serious abuse is involved.
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What of scientists themselves - whose help can often make or break successful protests against serious abuses of science.
solvent
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All adults need to learn about solvent abuse and to be aware that it could happen to their children.
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Our reporters uncovered a generation who have been sucked into a dark underworld of solvent abuse and hard drugs.
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Social services say they're do all they can to make their charges aware of the dangers of solvent abuse .
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So it's come to this; sitting in a hotel bar in New Orleans partaking in solvent abuse .
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All the indicators show that parental support helps young people come through solvent abuse quicker.
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Drugs include any intoxicant other than alcohol therefore even solvent abuse and driving may be covered by this offence.
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It's become the leading cause of solvent abuse deaths.
verbal
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Even though he never physically abused me, the verbal abuse was frightening.
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A solid majority shows strong correlation with disrespectful behavior, verbal abuse and physical aggression.
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Some 30 % of exclusions were for bullying, and a further 14.9 % for verbal abuse .
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In one fell swoop, the authors have denied the deeply traumatizing consequences of extreme verbal and emotional abuse .
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The effects of verbal abuse can be shattering.
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There were the violent outbursts, way out of proportion to any wrong done, and constant verbal abuse .
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This is enough, it would seem, to precipitate the verbal and physical abuse which follows.
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They had descended to their usual shouting of verbal abuse .
■ NOUN
alcohol
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The case of smoking and alcohol abuse illustrates the controversy.
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Helping young people cope with the impact of drug and alcohol abuse is the focus of the play Coming To.
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This may be because they generally suffer more serious problems, often complicated by personality difficulties and alcohol abuse .
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It makes me nervous to see how large a problem alcohol abuse has become in their country.
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Teenage depression, alcohol abuse , and even suicide are all attributed to the pressures of the exam system.
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There is no convincing evidence that advertising influences total consumption or has an impact on levels of alcohol abuse .
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Whilst the issue of alcohol abuse is quite properly a matter for concern, it should be seen in perspective.
child
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Treatment efforts in general are not very successful. Child abuse and neglect continue despite early, thoughtful, and often costly intervention.
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And just what is child abuse ?
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There is no standardized definition of child abuse that has been developed by researchers and accepted by welfare professionals.
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The judge insisted that the trial was not about child abuse .
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Q: You mean you were a victim of child abuse ?
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There is definitely a link between domestic violence and child abuse .
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It was a child's story about child abuse .
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Spousal abuse is much in the news, as much or more so as child abuse.
drug
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Is there a strong enough will to stamp out drug abuse ?
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But there is a lot of alcoholism and drug abuse associated with manic-depressive illness.
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He says they've led to racial tension, crime and drug abuse .
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In facing the challenge of drug abuse , the media have never been less monolithic.
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Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse .
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Shalala noted that parents should talk with their children about drug abuse directly.
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Ill health Drug abuse can lead to damage to main organs of the body, mental illness, malnutrition or death.
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The sportswear giants broke off their deal with the world sprint champion who's awaiting a four-year ban for drug abuse .
substance
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Controls would be set up at supermarket checkouts, and anyone buying too many cleaning compounds would be suspected of substance abuse .
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But there is another side to the substance abuse equation that may make it less amenable to interventions.
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Finally, the policy also aims to provide assistance to employees with other substance abuse problems.
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Maybe, I am thinking, they should specialize in substance abuse .
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In each case the primary diagnosis was substance abuse , and initial treatment was given accordingly.
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These guys should get into substance abuse .
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A questionnaire on patterns of substance abuse will be followed-up by in-depth interviews with pupils.
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Remember that substance abuse treatment must address queerness.
wife
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The results are clear to see: divorce, child and wife abuse , alcoholism and drug addiction.
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The problem of wife abuse is not one of feminism, secular humanism or a lack of headship in the home.
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None of this is to imply that Dobson is uncaring toward victims of wife abuse .
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The fact that Dobson periodically addresses the issue of wife abuse in his speaking and writing is commendable in itself.
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While media violence may exacerbate the problem of wife abuse , it does not cause it.
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A search for the causes of wife abuse leads back to the family itself.
■ VERB
hurl
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She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.
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When I first met her she had been hurling abuse at her daughters-in-law who took no notice whatsoever.
report
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In these circumstances the public interest in encouraging people to report cases of child abuse has been held to outweigh other interests.
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This is a hot line established by state child welfare agencies for the reporting of child abuse .
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Why did they wait? ... Social Services are criticised for failing to report child abuse .
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Each state statute that mandates reporting of child abuse or neglect specifies the procedures reporters are required to follow.
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Should counselors violate privileged communication by reporting suspected cases of abuse or neglect?
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Other cities routinely reported police abuse .
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Under recently passed statutes, teachers now also have a duty to report child abuse and neglect.
scream
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Four other men and a 15-year-old youth were also held as the crowd continued to scream abuse .
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She thought Mrs Magendanz had seen the old coot staggering around the house and screaming abuse at her.
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I could scream abuse at him all day long; he wouldn't mind at all.
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As we entered the building a white woman leaning from a balcony screamed a stream of abuse .
shout
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In the presence of a large crowd in a public square the messengers shouted vulgar abuse at Vuk.
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Relatives of Peter Williams began shouting and hurling abuse after magistrates refused to grant bail.
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We'd slowly creep up on them then shout abuse and kick sand all over them.
suffer
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This of course has been well documented in the tragic cases of children suffering from abuse .
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Instead, I suffered the slings and abuses of public health.
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Even if they survive those patients undergoing suffocation are suffering unacceptable and repeated abuse .
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Many prisoners who actually had been newsmen had suffered serious abuse .
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Today the situation isn't much better: it is estimated 250,000 elderly people are suffering serious abuse .
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The siblings claim they suffered a lifetime of abuse from their parents.
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Educated people had become a despised group, just as during the Cultural Revolution, when they suffered verbal and physical abuse .
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Even after all these years I still suffer from the mental abuse .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hail of criticism/abuse etc
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Oliver Stone, operating under a hail of criticism, was finishing a revisionist movie about the Kennedy assassination.
elder abuse
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Community Care believes elder abuse is a major problem.
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In the overall case, the four-year statute of limitations on alleged fraud, theft and financial elder abuse expires in February.
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Intent could be a factor in defining elder abuse.
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Report on local authority guidelines on elder abuse.
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Researching the prevalence of elder abuse is notoriously difficult, and information on the abuse of black elders is non-existent.
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The incidence of elder abuse is hard to quantify.
hurl abuse/insults/accusations etc (at sb)
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She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.
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There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults.
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When I first met her she had been hurling abuse at her daughters-in-law who took no notice whatsoever.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a case of child abuse at a daycare center
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a victim of sexual abuse
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An angry mob screamed abuse and hurled missiles during clashes with police yesterday.
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By the late 1970s, the word "hippie" had become a term of abuse .
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Demonstrators hurled abuse at councillors as they entered the council building in Glasgow.
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Doctors believed that there was no evidence of abuse , despite the woman's claims.
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Leaning out of the window, he let loose a stream of abuse .
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People were shouting abuse at the Prime Minister as he sped away in a large car.
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the abuse of the elderly
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There has been an increase in the number of cases of child abuse .
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This is an obscene abuse of political power.
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Worrell lost his job as coach because of his verbal abuse of players.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Currently the best-known cases seeking money damages for failure to report child abuse and neglect have been filed against physicians and hospitals.
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Dietz could not say whether Erik is lying about alleged abuse by his father.
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Here participants were given a chance to discuss sexuality, health, relationships, self-esteem and abuse .
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In considering the problem of child abuse , we all have the same starting point.
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Instead of sighs and accidents there was pointed and deliberate abuse .
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The power to stop a prosecution arises only when it is an abuse of the process of the court.
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Yet everyone knew of the abuses which had grown, flourished and even became institutionalized in this laissezfaire prison system.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
physically
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Even though he never physically abused me, the verbal abuse was frightening.
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He claimed that both parents psychologically and physically abused him.
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In 1986, a father of fifteen children then living in South Ronaldsay was jailed for physically abusing them.
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Boyle cited a recent example of an elderly woman who was being physically abused .
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He talked of his harsh, unsympathetic upbringing in which his often drunken father physically abused his wife and children.
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BWhile not physically abused , Tamika, like most children of addicts, is emotionally starved.
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My stepfather was strict and didn't let us have friends in the house; he physically abused me but not sexually.
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A constellation of social difficulties has also been found to characterise parents who severely physically abuse their children.
racially
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Lazio's Sinisa Mihailovic was banned for two matches for racially abusing Patrick Vieira.
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They said both men had been racially abused before they died.
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Mr Boyle told the jury that he had never racially abused or harassed Errol.
sexually
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Counselling &038; Therapy with women who have been sexually abused as children on Feb 17.
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She noted that exceptions usually made are for children under the age of 10 who have been sexually abused .
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This is also possible in children who have been sexually abused .
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So are five former high-school students or others whom Hudson admitted sexually abusing or trying to abuse when he was a coach.
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Abused A 13-year-old boy, the son of a Hollywood dentist, has alleged the 34-year-old multi-millionaire sexually abused him.
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Potentially explosive subtext -- Annie was sexually abused as a child -- is pretty much left in the background.
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They said parents sexually abused their children as part of a satanic ritual, and that these practices were widespread.
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And sexually abused and physically battered kids run away from home.
verbally
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Less so is a creeping and curious menace of players being verbally abused .
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The rest are elbows delivered, punches thrown, verbally abusing referees, skipping All-Star media day, obscene gestures, tantrum-throwing.
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Referee Alf Buksh is understood to have complained in his match report of being verbally abused by officials from both teams.
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Afterward, the plaintiffs asked for a court order prohibiting Lawrence from verbally abusing them.
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The last time I had it, a woman reporter was humiliated and verbally abused in a National Football League locker room.
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Rosemary was frequently absent or tardy and alternated between verbally abusing her teachers and flat-out ignoring them.
■ NOUN
alcohol
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Clearly many issues such as drug and alcohol abuse , prostitution, and even poverty are socially constructed problems.
authority
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As we get older, we may be abused by other authority figures - teachers, doctors, bosses.
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Local magistrates also abused their authority in order to influence voters.
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Old mouth McEnroe, who can't stop himself from foully abusing anyone in authority with whom he disagrees.
child
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Social workers have a key role to play when some one suspects that a child is being abused .
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School officials said that prior to Thanksgiving there were no indications to teachers or other educators that the children were being abused .
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How do social workers go about investigating these complaints, and what leads them towards deciding that a child has been abused ?
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Outside of behaviors falling under the child abuse and neglect laws, there were virtually none.
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Paying to view children being abused is causing the demand.
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Also patrons of child abuse vic-tims.
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We would not wish to outlaw parenthood on the grounds that some children are abused , even murdered, in the home.
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Roughly half of those women abused as children had been abused in the past year.
drug
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Clearly many issues such as drug and alcohol abuse , prostitution, and even poverty are socially constructed problems.
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Drinking and drug abuse also lower immunity and tend to increase risky behaviors.
position
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In fact, around one-half of the cases can be identified solely from the headlines as persons abusing their positions of trust.
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During his trial much was made of the way he had abused his position as a doctor.
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It exists in every civilised society so that Governments, the rich and the powerful can not abuse their position .
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Mostly he did not abuse this position , for he is a cautious man.
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The Labour Party has not yet decided how it can stop a single-chamber Parliament from abusing its position .
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At least, she hoped it was dignity, because she tried not to abuse her position of power.
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But what makes Courtney especially dangerous is not that he abused his position as a doctor.
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Predatory behaviour was discussed above, in the context of a firm abusing a dominant position .
power
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Nor do I deny that they sometimes abuse their power and are unfair to individuals.
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Most writers abuse their power by exploiting their Sources.
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Moscow is a grey city; comfort there is always tied to power , and power too frequently to abuse of power.
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He now faces charges of having abused his power while in office.
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At least, she hoped it was dignity, because she tried not to abuse her position of power .
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I always tried to not abuse that power .
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Friends of the victims demonstrated on the streets, calling for action against the culprits, who had abused their power .
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The real Nixon was not a benign statesman but a ruthless, corrupt president who abused power on a spectacular scale.
privilege
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Those privy to sensitive information about mergers or acquisitions of companies worth millions or billions of pounds must not abuse that privilege .
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The Committee criticized Gingrich for abusing mailing privileges and for failing to report a real estate deal.
substance
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Estimates of substance abuse among the population range from 5 percent to 37 percent.
system
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It's encouraging them all to bloody well abuse the system so it is.
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Critics say professional athletes have been abusing the generous California system by filing claims from out of state.
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It's to stop people abusing the system .
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Certainly, there are those among them who abuse the system .
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They were open to abuse , and their system of controls did not always work.
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They believed their children were being abused by the system set up to protect them.
trust
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In fact, around one-half of the cases can be identified solely from the headlines as persons abusing their positions of trust .
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But some doctors have a history of abusing that trust for profit, prescribing unnecessary and ineffective diet regimes to all comers.
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Nevertheless, the whole basis of survey work is one of trust and relatively few interviewers abuse this trust.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hail of criticism/abuse etc
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Oliver Stone, operating under a hail of criticism, was finishing a revisionist movie about the Kennedy assassination.
elder abuse
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Community Care believes elder abuse is a major problem.
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In the overall case, the four-year statute of limitations on alleged fraud, theft and financial elder abuse expires in February.
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Intent could be a factor in defining elder abuse.
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Report on local authority guidelines on elder abuse.
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Researching the prevalence of elder abuse is notoriously difficult, and information on the abuse of black elders is non-existent.
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The incidence of elder abuse is hard to quantify.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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athletes abusing their bodies with steroids
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Erica runs a hostel for women who have been abused by their husbands.
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Erik testified he was sexually abused by his father since the age of 6.
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Local politicians abused their privileges to make themselves rich.
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Many of the kids are abusing drugs.
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Most people on welfare do not abuse the system.
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My father abused us for years.
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people who abuse the welfare system
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She was sexually abused as a child.
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Some lawyers seem to enjoy abusing witnesses.
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Some nursing home patients were neglected or abused.
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The men were getting drunk on cheap beer and some had started abusing passers-by.
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The player was reported to the tournament director for verbally abusing match officials.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As we get older, we may be abused by other authority figures - teachers, doctors, bosses.
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Eleanor just abused him thoroughly, which wasn't very womanly in his opinion.
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He said du Pont frequently carried a. 38-caliber pistol on the estate and abused cocaine and alcohol.
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I ended up in Kibble List D. I just abused the teachers.
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It exists in every civilised society so that Governments, the rich and the powerful can not abuse their position.
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Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A man who sexually abused a schoolgirl has been given probation.
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Unfortunately no management principle discussed in this book is more abused.