abusing

verb

Definition of abusingnext
present participle of abuse
1
as in bullying
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition

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2
as in attacking
to criticize harshly and usually publicly a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides

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3
as in misusing
to put to a bad or improper use if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long

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4
as in exploiting
to take unfair advantage of abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for abusing
  1. bullying
  2. attacking
  3. exploiting
  4. slamming
  5. using
  6. violating
  7. manipulating
  8. injuring
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  • Instead, there was a fast, tough, physical team flying around and making big-time plays, bullying the big-boy Tar Heels.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • LeBron James scored 32 points one game after setting the NBA’s all-time minutes record for regular-season games, bullying the Kings on the offensive end while grabbing four steals on the defensive end.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of bullying
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  • The inmate accused of fatally attacking prison guard Andrew Lansing on Christmas Day was issued a misconduct report in April for making threats, according to Lansing's brother and the prison guard union.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But future opponents will surely seek to incorporate elements of the defensive blueprint which helped Everton and Fulham derail Chelsea’s attacking momentum.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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  • Kohli, so technically assured during his astounding career, has developed a major weakness outside off-stump and Australia's unrelenting seamers are exploiting this.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Allowing repeat offenders to easily move from bank to bank exploiting multiple accounts across the Zelle network by failing to track scammers and share information about scammers with other banks that make up the Zelle network.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of exploiting
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  • Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • His endorsement of the AfD came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
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  • Anglerfish ancestors lived on the seafloor and maneuvered around using specialized stout fins, much like their close relatives the batfishes and frogfishes.
    Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • At the core of the company’s operation is the aim of developing the technological skills of all sorts of large organizations using AI.
    Roger Trapp, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of using
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  • Even in districts that have staff dedicated to teaching Black history, some teachers are afraid of violating state law, according to Brian Knowles, who oversees African American, Holocaust and Latino studies for the Palm Beach County school district.
    Kate Payne, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • That year, the campaign finance regulator separately found that Wyss’s groups failed to provide evidence of certain grant agreements upon conservatives accusing him of violating laws on foreign nationals making donations.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of violating
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  • Stop motion is so time-consuming — days of manipulating puppets one frame at a time for a few seconds of footage — that no animator wants to do reshoots.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The majority is manipulating a personal tragedy to scapegoat immigrants.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of manipulating
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  • The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
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