Abuse and Exercise

Abuse

Abuse noun - Improper or excessive use.

Usage example: alcohol abuse

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Exercise and abuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exercise" instead the word "Abuse" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Exercise verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

Usage example: a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state

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Abuse and exercise are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Exercise".

Nearby Words: exercised, exercising, exerciser, exercizing, exercized

physical	physical abuse	physical exercise
common	common abuse	common exercise
regular	regular abuse	regular exercise
proper	proper abuse	proper exercise
Other adjectives: actual, real, constant, massive, extreme, intense, daily, continued, repeated, mental, casual.

ability	abuse ability	exercise ability
skill	abuse skill	exercise skill
power	abuse power	exercise power
license	abuse license	exercise license
Other words: rule, authority, skills, powers, abilities, moves.

One strip from the early 1980s has Garfield predicting that the question to the answers "suicide, dieting, and exercise" is "name three forms of self-abuse." It comes off as a joke, but we now know that dieting and excessive exercise are symptoms of eating disorders.

Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Comic Books
Loophole Abuse - There ain't no rule that a Guardian can't become human, exercise human rights, and become a Guardian again.

Source: Literature / The Guardians (Meljean Brook)
Stjepan Sejic of Witchblade and ''Sunstone fame explored Harley Quinn's dynamic with the Joker and Ivy in a bit more detail in a 'storytelling exercise' and arrived at a dark place quite devoid of the usual comedy that softens up the abuse.

Source: Mad Love

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