Harmful and Punishing

Harmful

Harmful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

Punishing and harmful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Punishing" instead an adjective "Harmful".

Punishing

Punishing adjective - Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.
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Harmful and punishing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harmful" instead an adjective "Punishing".

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