Punitive and Tough

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Punitive adjective - Inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment.

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Tough and punitive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tough" instead an adjective "Punitive".

Nearby Words: punish, punishment

Tough adjective - Not easily chewed.

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Punitive and tough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punitive" instead an adjective "Tough".

Nearby Words: toughness, toughen, toughening, tougher, toughed

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