Abuse
Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.
Rag
Rag verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: several readers called in to rag the editor for his paper's repeated grammatical lapses
Nearby Word: ragtime
How words are described
| human | human abuse | human rag |
| similar | similar abuse | similar rag |
| horrible | horrible abuse | horrible rag |
| general | general abuse | general rag |
Common collocations
| bit | abuse bit | rag bit |
Both words in one sentence
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Gavin Belson buys the Code/Rag blog to squash a story about his flagrant animal abuse.
Source: Series / Silicon Valley -
In Bohemian Rhapsody in Red, one of Touhou's companion books, Yukari Yakumo is accused by local gossip rag editor Aya Shameimaru of animal abuse against her shikigami Ran when she's seen whacking her with her umbrella.
Source: Percussive Maintenance
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