Abuse
How words are described
| human | human abuse | human bite |
| physical | physical abuse | physical bite |
| regular | regular abuse | regular bite |
| nasty | nasty abuse | nasty bite |
| Other adjectives: actual, severe, massive, serious, bad, infamous, hideous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile has the titular character's abuse of his fellow jungle animals coming back to, well, bite him.
Source: The Dog Bites Back / Literature -
She went to prison for it, only to return and bite back again when Trevor threatened to resume his abuse.
Source: Series / EastEnders -
Unfortunately, this comes back to bite the Facility themselves hard when Sarah gets fed up with their abuse and turns Laura loose against them.
Source: Comic Book / X-23
Cite this Source
Bite and Abuse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/bite
Abuse & Bite. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/bite>.
Bite or Abuse. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/abuse/bite.
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