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abuse

abuse

Meaning of abuse

English

cruel or violent treatment of a person

Русский

побои, унижения или другой вред, причиняемый человеку

abuse

Pronunciation

British English
/əˈbjuːs/
American English
/əˈbjuːs/

abuse with Russian translation

Сочетания и примеры со словом abuse

Типичные сочетания сгруппированы по смыслу. Зелёные слова можно открыть отдельно, чтобы продолжить изучение.

8 сочетаний

Виды жестокости

Kinds of abuse
emotional abuse
психологическое насилие

Teachers are trained to spot signs of emotional abuse.

Учителей учат замечать признаки психологического насилия.

verbal abuse
оскорбления

Shouting insults at the staff counts as verbal abuse.

Крики и ругань в адрес персонала считаются оскорблениями.

  • physical abuseфизическое насилие
  • sexual abuseсексуальное насилие

Кто страдает

Who suffers
child abuse
жестокое обращение с детьми

Every school has a duty to report suspected child abuse.

Каждая школа обязана сообщать о подозрениях на жестокое обращение с детьми.

domestic abuse
домашнее насилие

The center offers free advice to people facing domestic abuse.

Центр бесплатно консультирует людей, столкнувшихся с домашним насилием.

  • a victim of abuseжертва насилия
  • suffer abuseподвергаться насилию

abuse usage examples

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

The charity helps victims of abuse.

Благотворительная организация помогает жертвам жестокого обращения.

🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian

Abuse of children is a crime.

Жестокое обращение с детьми — преступление.

abuse synonyms

Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between abuse, mistreatment, ill-treatment, cruelty, and violence

M
🇬🇧English
mistreatment

Bad treatment; milder and more formal than abuse.

rare word

ENThe farm was closed for mistreatment of animals.

I
🇬🇧English
ill-treatment

Cruel treatment; formal, more common in British English.

rare word

ENThe prisoners complained of ill-treatment.

C
🇬🇧English
cruelty

Behaviour that causes pain; also the quality of being cruel.

often

ENCruelty to animals is against the law.

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V
🇬🇧English
violence

Physical force to hurt; abuse also includes non-physical harm.

very often

ENThe film has too much violence for kids.

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abuse meaning: what does it mean?

cruel or violent treatment of a person

abuse pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

abuse is pronounced as /əˈbjuːs/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

abuse definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

Благотворительная организация помогает жертвам жестокого обращения. Translation: The charity helps victims of abuse.

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