Injure and Punish

Injure

Injure verb - To cause bodily damage to.

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Punish and injure are semantically related In some cases you can use "Punish" instead a verb "Injure".

Nearby Words: injury, injurious, injuring

Punish

Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.

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Injure and punish are semantically related in mistreat topic. Sometimes you can use "Injure" instead a verb "Punish", if it concerns topics such as penalize for wrongdoing.

Nearby Words: punishment, punishing, punitive, punishable

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person	injure person	punish person
character	injure character	punish character
attack	injure attack	punish attack
man	injure man	punish man
Other words: guy, woman, someone, characters, discord, child, anyone, opponent, player, kids, players, enemies, members.

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There is a variant in a flashback in GI Joe where Leatherneck serves as a drill sergeant, but when he sees one of his trainees seriously injure a comrade in training with sadistic glee, he immediately calls the offender to his office to punish him.

Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty

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