Abuse and Rate

Abuse

Abuse verb - To inflict physical or emotional harm upon.

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

Nearby Words: abusive, abused, abusing

Rate verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

Usage example: a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings

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Abuse and rate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abuse" instead a verb "Rate".

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

human	human abuse	human rate
similar	similar abuse	similar rate
regular	regular abuse	regular rate
actual	actual abuse	actual rate
Other adjectives: constant, massive, extreme, horrible, incredible, frequent, possible, worse.

ability	abuse ability	rate ability
power	abuse power	rate power
people	abuse people	rate people
men	abuse men	rate men
Other words: kids, skills, abilities.

Principal Skinner, fed up with the turnover rate, then introduces a thuggish-looking substitute who immediately starts hurling abuse at the terrified students.

Source: Sadist Teacher
The Garland thanks to the armor bug which it can abuse rather well, especially with its high evasion rate and small size.

Source: Game Breaker / Super Robot Wars
Central to the plot of Daniel Gonzalez's Un grito en las tinieblas (A Scream in the Dark) horror novel is Zárate Arkham's history of incestuous abuse from her father.

Source: Parental Incest

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