Abuse
Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Jaw
Jaw verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails
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Synonyms for Jaw
Abuse and jaw are semantically related in criticize topic. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Jaw".
Nearby Word: jawed
How words are described
| human | human abuse | human jaw |
| massive | massive abuse | massive jaw |
| serious | serious abuse | serious jaw |
| general | general abuse | general jaw |
| Other adjectives: aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Depictions range in magnitude from being Played for Laughs silliness to jaw-dropping acts of hostility and abuse.
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Perhaps it is to be expected of a politician but Drew Gulak's Campaign For A Better Combat Zone is vocally against the abuse of officials, even though they slap around the same glass jaw referees everyone else does.
Source: Hypocrite - She does seem to be as big a fan of Exact Words/Loophole Abuse as ever, so when she needs to swallow a sandwich whole for the bet, she simply uses her contortionist abilities to unhinge her jaw, saying that while she promised not to use magic, that wasn't magic.
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