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Verb
▲
To treat badly, cruelly, or violently
abuse
ill-treat
mistreat
mishandle
misuse
bully
harm
hurt
ill-use
injure
manhandle
hit
maul
beat
brutaliseUK
brutalizeUS
damage
strike
torture
knock about
knock around
molest
persecute
treat badly
treat roughly
handle roughly
kick around
mess over
neglect
rough up
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
beat up
do over
more ❯
“No parents or other adults should exploit, abuse or maltreat children.”
Verb
▲
To put down or control by cruelty or force
oppress
abuse
subjugate
suppress
crush
persecute
subdue
enslave
repress
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
wrong
hegemonize
ill-treat
master
overcome
overpower
overwhelm
exploit
scourge
subject
keep down
treat harshly
aggrieve
annoy
be brutal to
be cruel to
beset
coerce
despotize
distress
dominate
encumber
force
grind down
handicap
harass
harry
hold down
hound
outrage
overload
overthrow
plague
press
ride
rule
rule over
saddle
smother
strain
tax
torment
torture
trample
tyrranize
vex
worry
hold sway over
put down
trample on
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
beat down
pick on
put upon
ride roughshod over
walk all over
bring to heel
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
bring someone to their knees
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
rule with a rod of iron
rule with an iron hand
keep under
prostrate
devastate
whelm
floor
break
swamp
overmaster
reduce
keep under thumb
snow under
destroy
weaken
intimidate
domineer over
yoke
keep in subjection
keep under one's thumb
keep in submission
tread
disfranchise
deprive
hobble
disenfranchise
lick
tread on
wreck
tame
get hooks into
obliterate
ruin
quelch
kill
ice
strangle
take away someone's human rights
subordinate
colonizeUS
humble
pacify
force down
blot out
bear down on
blow away
underyoke
triumph
clobber
hammer
compel
enthrallUS
gain ascendancy over
enthralUK
coloniseUK
gain control of
bear down
hold sway
kick around
reel back in
bring to knees
wipe the floor with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
abuse
mistreat
persecute
bully
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
torment
harass
torture
hassle
hound
needle
beat
demoniseUK
demonizeUS
immolate
oppress
use
ill-treat
push around
discriminate against
get at
pick on
give a hard time
have it in for
lean on
give someone a hard time
punish unfairly
be down on
have your knife into
have a down on
stack the deck
make things hot for someone
get on someone's back
bear a grudge towards
tyrannizeUS
criticizeUS
criticiseUK
tyranniseUK
be on at
nag
find fault with
punish repeatedly and unfairly
carp at
attack
bait
goad
tease
make fun of
single out
bedevil
harry
grumble at
be critical of
badger
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a concerted or violent attack on
assail
attack
assault
beset
charge
rush
storm
belaborUS
belabourUK
accost
besiege
turn on
invade
raid
strike
trash
bushwhack
impugn
jump
sic
blitz
bust
encounter
mug
sick
pounce on
set upon
beat up
set about
set on
tear into
come at
descend on
descend upon
fall on
fly at
get stuck into
jump on
lay into
light into
pitch into
fall upon
go in on
have at
hit out at
lace into
lash out at
launch an attack on
let fly at
make an assault on
pounce upon
wade into
weigh into
work over
have a go at
launch oneself at
round on
sail into
let someone have it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hit or strike repeatedly
work over
batter
pound
whip
thrash
thump
bash
belt
buffet
lash
maul
hammer
drub
pelt
pummelledUK
pummelUS
wallop
club
tan
birch
flog
lick
abuse
assault
attack
manhandle
baste
bat
bludgeon
fib
hide
lace
lambast
lambaste
lather
paddle
pommel
slate
slog
switch
thresh
tromp
whale
whap
whop
whup
beat
belabourUK
belaborUS
bung up
curry
do
mistreat
beat up
do over
rough up
bash up
knock about
knock around
beat up on
duff up
mess up
punch out
beat the living daylights out of
beat to a pulp
slam
whomp
swipe
boff
cream
defeat
trash
give someone a drubbing
give a hiding
overwhelm
rout
annihilate
slaughter
best
marmalize
pulverizeUS
bury
slosh
cosh
forge
draw
massacre
murder
worst
destroy
smoke
demolish
quilt
dong
swinge
roll
crucify
tank
shellac
smother
pitch into
bomb
dust
skunk
own
light into
walk all over
win a resounding victory over
chasten
kill
pulveriseUK
wax
hit hard
take to the cleaners
bring someone to their knees
run rings around
turn inside out
let someone have it
stick one on
walk over
defeat utterly
take a stick to
wipe the floor with
make mincemeat of
blow away
be victorious over
snow under
blow out
get the better of
beat hollow
triumph over
blow out of the water
revile
blister
drive
knob
finial
saddlebow
handle
wham
thump on
knock on
paddlewhack
fustigate
give someone a beating
flutter
flop
flap
ferule
blackjack
stripe
give someone a good beating
hit repeatedly
impact
jerk
whisk
bump
shake
warm someone's seat
tan one's hide
dust someone's britches
bear down
give someone a good drubbing
let one have it
rain blows upon
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
malleate
wear out
tear into
weigh into
set on
claw
ill-treat
molest
savage
scratch
tear
mangulate
injure
trample
hurt
skin
mug
muscle
clean
handle roughly
tear to pieces
take care of
break face
put in the hospital
let have it
lean on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Put at a disadvantage or treat as undesirable
disfavourUK
discriminate
victimizeUS
treat differently
contradistinguish
treat as inferior
favourUK
be biased
be prejudiced
hate
incline
judge
disfavorUS
show prejudice
segregate
victimiseUK
favorUS
treat unfairly
be partial
set apart
demonstrate intentionality
put at a disadvantage
single out
be bigot
be intolerant towards
show bias
Verb
▲
To cause damage to
damage
harm
injure
mar
spoil
ruin
deface
hurt
impair
blemish
devastate
disfigure
mutilate
wreck
cripple
vitiate
blight
crush
defile
mangle
smash
demolish
desecrate
gut
shatter
trash
undo
vandaliseUK
vandalizeUS
weaken
annihilate
bloody
break
compromise
crab
destroy
disrupt
endamage
flaw
ravage
sabotage
stain
taint
tarnish
total
wound
blot
disfeature
incapacitate
raze
smirch
sully
abuse
batter
burn
corrupt
crack
dent
dirty
discolourUK
discolorUS
disintegrate
dismantle
gnaw
infect
lacerate
maim
rot
rust
scathe
scorch
scratch
split
tear
undermine
wrong
bleach
contaminate
corrode
cross up
fade
pollute
stab
bang up
cause injury
smash up
tamper with
wear away
do damage to
play havoc with
wreak havoc on
play merry hell with
drive a nail into the coffin of
disable
mess up
distort
upset
scar
subvert
debase
threaten
cut
foul up
deform
bruise
twist
wrench
diminish
debilitate
foul
poison
sap
soil
besmirch
louse up
befoul
mark
maul
hinder
enfeeble
pull
despoil
gash
dishonourUK
waste
screw up
rend
prejudice
dishonorUS
impede
warp
reduce
contort
hit
destabilizeUS
botch
blacken
slash
jeopardizeUS
degrade
torture
scrape
be detrimental to
strain
nick
butcher
brutalizeUS
rough up
shake up
sprain
thwart
torpedo
rick
destabiliseUK
smear
mishandle
brutaliseUK
scupper
shake
hack
jeopardiseUK
rip
break up
mangulate
muck up
do harm to
strike
mistreat
blow
put the kibosh on
pervert
afflict
distress
foil
score
scotch
disturb
lessen
crick
blast
ill-treat
lame
queer
graze
traumatizeUS
devalue
endanger
pull down
hamstring
incise
overwhelm
demean
cheapen
disgrace
bungle
lower
dismember
crool
imperil
cleave
extinguish
prostrate
make a mess of
invalidate
blunt
desolate
touch
erode
handle roughly
adulterate
prostitute
level
trouble
tear apart
slit
dash
rive
buckle
molest
sink
manhandle
debauch
deteriorate
ill-use
bully
pain
misshape
beat
do in
shoot down
take out
dump on
consume
torment
traumatiseUK
dilapidate
notch
put at risk
enervate
bodge
decimate
profane
screw
turn
abase
fracture
interfere with
bend
chip
overthrow
pulverizeUS
discredit
dislocate
risk
knock about
paralyseUK
muddy
smudge
slice
paralyzeUS
cruel
hazard
affect
influence
kick around
mess over
knock around
outrage
attack
menace
pulveriseUK
cream
disqualify
peril
misuse
demoralizeUS
sever
exhaust
expose
demoraliseUK
violate
worsen
rupture
jeopard
attenuate
denigrate
adventure
snick
put out of action
write off
stymie
flub
oppress
venture
frustrate
spot
drag through the mud
ding
grieve
leave in ruins
shock
unsettle
uglify
malform
overturn
put in danger
put in jeopardy
gamble with
expose to danger
be a danger to
leave vulnerable
pose a threat to
squinch
bollix
cramp
victimizeUS
gouge
bust
tweak
shame
humble
shred
abrade
gnarl
humiliate
knock for six
sack
pillage
stretch
pinch
puncture
insult
immobilizeUS
nix
banjax
dish
fragment
euchre
pierce
treat badly
spoliate
cut up
detract
bobble
victimiseUK
deprave
depredate
mortify
muck
distain
grime
bemire
gaum
mire
begrime
daub
unfit
carve
persecute
murder
take apart
belittle
cause detriment to
wrack
goof up
hamper
lay waste
rack
obliterate
bring down
burst
chasten
put a damper on
tar
handicap
cut open
do badly
sunder
beat up
be prejudicial to
wrest
vilify
crash
claw
make impure
wipe out
unstrengthen
immobiliseUK
put out of commission
impact
bring to naught
separate
blow a hole in
decrease
take down
put down
tear down
disarm
put out
perturb
chance
make a hash of
overcome
bump
nullify
quash
end
eradicate
throw
prevent
harass
impoverish
quell
sting
prevail
harry
blunder
eat away
emasculate
jar
condition
impinge
impact on
limit
blotch
plunder
annoy
strike at
suppress
prevail over
impinge upon
disempower
bother
clip
knot
ravish
skew
offend
take hold of
exert influence on
muff
fumble
depress
make useless
slay
hack up
have an effect on
blaspheme
sadden
disorganize
spread to
shiver
check
devaluate
slap
have an impact on
wince
roughhouse
neglect
wing
restrict
dissolve
aggrieve
tumble
fluff
knock down
bastardizeUS
scourge
dissipate
snap
vaporizeUS
depreciate
cut down
muddle
litter
drop
gum up
nuke
treat roughly
detract from
cut to ribbons
ribbon
change
undercut
move
bow
bastardiseUK
do mischief to
flatten
torpefy
do for
impress
foozle
spike
depose
be disadvantageous to
mismanage
be a blot on the landscape
hash
stifle
defeat
bumble
treat sacrilegiously
vaporiseUK
minimizeUS
minimiseUK
inactivate
derogate
be deleterious to
boggle
dub
have a bad effect on
leave desolate
kink
have a negative effect on
do over
water down
bring discredit to
boot
decay
hogtie
hock
kibosh
unbrace
muzzle
pinion
hog-tie
splinter
lance
seize
cut to pieces
bemean
bung up
treat with disrespect
disenable
rub out
decry
disparage
extract
drag down
bring shame to
knock out
render incapable
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
throw monkey wrench in
bollix up
rift
dash to pieces
reduce to rubble
put out of joint
leave defenseless
throw a spanner in the works of
lay waste to
put paid to
take down a peg
divide
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
make unattractive
lay open
balls up
lay on the line
make ugly
make unclean
sell out
cast down
crack up
lower the status of
wrack up
make a pig's ear of
put someone's life on the line
rip up
tag
use up
make a hash
brand
speckle
devitalize
bang
inconvenience
wither
colorUS
colourUK
sour
push
whittle
prang
worry
shear
rock
jostle
shove
hustle
pull the rug out from under
paw
harrow
agonizeUS
jeopardy
twitch
chew up
thwack
bash
crumple
chop
deck
darken
throw a monkey wrench into
radioactivate
doctor
make misshapen
distort the shape of
nip
furrow
cost
jigsaw
craze
fissure
disfashion
curb
reduce the status of
spray paint
overburden
overtax
misemploy
squander
overwork
knife
knacker
squash
burn out
shrink
mayhem
gimp
castrate
truncate
massacre
make untidy
disorder
mix up
muddle up
disease
enthuse
roust
bankrupt
shipwreck
crud up
agoniseUK
bend out of shape
put an end to
supplant
topple
wax
pique
clip wings
lay up
disserve
jag
savage
palsy
sideline
dislimb
loot
cut about
mash
flay
efface
put the lid on
disappoint
glitch up
bring to an end
put a stop to
knock off balance
bowdlerizeUS
expurgate
censor
chip away
handle
bundle
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
commit sacrilege
disestablish
dethrone
oust
unseat
betray
ransack
occur
toxify
make liable
infest
chance something
make filthy
be careless with
subject to loss
alloy
tatter
halt
bestialize
animalize
serrate
chop up
make lame
bowdleriseUK
amputate
damage beyond repair
tear up
run onto the rocks
pile up
devour
streak
draw blood
strike at the foundations
age
stop
jam
pound
make a mess
make a mistake
result in damage to
lead to the end of
spread among
take the edge off
sap the strength of
splotch
imprint
decline
be untrue to oneself
undervalue
abandon one's principles
beat down
lose value
render worthless
fall
infringe
encroach on
blaspheme against
deactivate
freeze
knock
expose to risk
tempt fate
put on the line
subject to
stake
leave unprotected
pockmark
pit
besmear
season
slap around
lose strength
rape
maraud
indispose
knock the wind out of
knock over
KO
throw down
floor
harsh one's mellow
lay low
mow down
fell
overexert
spall
clamp
wheel-clamp
strike down
hash up
make mincemeat of
finish off
pull to pieces
part
make hash of
bust up
interrupt
dot
splodge
do clumsily
havoc
have a negative impact on
rebel
reverse
supersede
capsize
invert
tie
render inoperative
prevent from working
arrest
prevent from moving
bring to a standstill
make inoperative
action
render inactive
bring to a halt
terminate
cause pain to
cause injury to
work over
pummelledUK
commit sacrilege against
make lose face
chalk
stroke
blaze
ink
tear limb from limb
rain on someone's parade
misrepresent
malign
disarrange
dishevel
derange
jumble
put you off your stride
confuse
jack up
scramble
clutter
rummage
discompose
wring
exterminate
rob
prey
pirate
raid
overrun
strip
trample
foray
capture
forage
make unfit
render powerless
make powerless
X
bring about the downfall of
misjudge
fall down
flounder
err
do something badly
misconjecture
make a nonsense of
pull a boner
misconstrue
miscompute
misapply
mend
make a botch of
mess
stumble
miscalculate
patch
fail
dispatch
explode
pummelUS
punish
flog
slug
whack
lash
flail
whip
spank
belt
pommel
punch
grab
pluck
run
snatch
yank
evulse
frazzle
pull apart
fray
mellow
weather
canker
place a limit on
detonate
eliminate
knock the stuffing out of
sweep away
wreak havoc
stamp out
annul
slight
dislodge
squeeze
compel
drag
coerce
exact
dehumanizeUS
desensitizeUS
defame
whittle away
assault
curve
block
abolish
affront
slam
pan
dehumaniseUK
disbar
desensitiseUK
mudsling
declass
bench
sandbag
mine
dig
soften
tunnel
wear
challenge
pop
dynamite
cheat
impugn
slander
libel
kill
arch
flex
grimace
modify
sway
alter
transform
ruinate
irritate
plug
zap
obstruct
abort
dig out
hollow out
discomfort
muller
stir
rule out
cut down to size
run down
wrinkle
clip one's wings
chip away at
queer the pitch of
break down
blow away
raze to the ground
ouch
contuse
blow sky-high
stick
blow to pieces
blow up
anguish
disrespect
dis
diss
deplete
shape
concern
involve
agitate
act on
poke full of holes
intrude on
wind
become crooked
make curved
crook
swerve
become distorted
deviate
make crooked
become curved
become deformed
go out of shape
become misshapen
make miserable
crucify
knock the bottom out of
govern
manipulate
hit hard
form
determine
control
reach
impose upon
do a disservice to
bad mouth
take advantage of
trespass
do an injustice to
do wrong to
do injury to
sin against
do the dirty on
kick in the teeth
offend against
simulate age in
intrude
breach
split asunder
hole
open
break apart
break open
give offence to
get
faze
bias
decide
work on
guide
open up
crumble
bring to ruin
cause suffering to
gnaw at
bowl over
knock back
regard
induce
tell on
emotionally move
inspire
interest
relate
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
lay in ruins
wreak havoc upon
clean out
tear to pieces
get to
bear upon
impress on
decompose
implicate
make an impression on
hurt one's feelings
hurt the feelings of
nibble
bite
melt
liquefy
fret
eat
be violent toward
cut to the quick
tug at your heartstrings
break into
burn through
bite into
run through
gnaw away
wear through
wear down
waste away
bite at
burn into
place in danger
put under suspicion
more ❯
Verb
▲
To exploit someone for one's personal gain
use
take advantage of
exploit
manipulate
abuse
beguile
control
deceive
defraud
fleece
mistreat
patroniseUK
patronizeUS
rip off
target
profit from
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
bleed
cash in on
cheat
ill-use
jerk around
leverage
milk
misuse
prey on
use for one's own ends
walk all over
capitalize on
play on
step on
trifle with
impose on
play someone for a sucker
play with
take liberties with
trade on
treat lightly
oppress
extort
intimidate
bully
impose
misemploy
misapply
deprave
desecrate
defile
pervert
corrupt
mishandle
pollute
profane
spoil
taint
prostitute
impair
more ❯
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