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   abusive
   [Adjective] Cruel and unkind.
   Example: The woman had spent years living with an abusive partner and now wanted to end the relationship.
   Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/
   
   
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   abusive
   [adj] - expressing offensive reproach 2. [adj] - characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment
   Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=abusive
   
   
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   Abusive
   A·bu'sive adjective [ Confer French abusif , from Latin abusivus .] 1. Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. « I am . . . necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof...
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/11
   
   
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   abusive
   insulting adjective expressing offensive reproach
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abusive
   
   
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   abusive
   adjective characterized by physical or psychological maltreatment; `abusive punishment`; `argued...that foster homes are abusive`
   Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=abusive
   
   
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   Abusive
   • (a.) Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied. • (a.) Given to misusing; also, full of abuses. • (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow. • (a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrumen...
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/abusive/
   
   
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   abusive
   1) Beastly 2) Cruel 3) Discourteous 4) Impertinent 5) Insolent 6) Insulting 7) Offensive 8) Opprobrious 9) Rude 10) Scornful 11) Scurrilous 12) Slighting 13) Vitriolic 14) Wounding
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/abusive/1
   
   

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