Abuse and Brutality

Abuse

Abuse noun - Harsh insulting language.

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Brutality and abuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Brutality" instead a noun "Abuse".

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Brutality noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

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Abuse and brutality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a noun "Brutality".

Nearby Words: brutal, brutalize, brutally, brutalized

human	human abuse	human brutality
physical	physical abuse	physical brutality
relentless	relentless abuse	relentless brutality
brutal	brutal abuse	brutal brutality
Other adjectives: actual, violent, massive, extreme, bad, infamous, excessive, horrible, sexual, repeated, casual, outright, aforementioned, horrific, parental, slapstick.

Cursed children are often faced with violence, abuse, and even Police Brutality and genocide.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Anime and Manga
The entire plot of The White Ribbon revolves around parental brutality, repression and abuse against children in a German pre-war village.

Source: Abusive Parents / Film
The Gender Inverted version of the trope, "Penile Dentata", usually in the form of oblong objects or creatures with teeth or spikes, is not entirely unheard of and tends to symbolize masculine dominance or brutality, if not being an outright metaphor for rape or sexual abuse.

Source: Vagina Dentata

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