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punish
verb as in penalize for wrongdoing
Strongest matches
abuse, chastise, correct, crack down on, discipline, dismiss, execute, expel, fine, harm, hurt, incarcerate, sentence
Strong matches
batter, beat, blacklist, castigate, chasten, cuff, debar, defrock, exile, flog, immure, injure, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, reprove, scourge, spank, switch, train, whip
Weak matches
attend to, beat up, do in, give a going over, give the works, knock about, rap knuckles, rough up, slap wrist, teach a lesson, throw the book at
Example Sentences
In recent days, Al-Sharaa ordered the formation of a committee to investigate and punish violations against civilians.
But they worried the government's rumoured plans, such as freezing Personal Independence Payments, would punish all those on disability benefits, including those with severe disabilities who could never work.
Following an uproar, that action was reversed within a day, but it raised suspicions that it was undertaken to punish Mainers for their Democratic governor’s public upbraiding of Trump at a Washington meeting.
Violators were punished with beatings — the least severe lasting 13 seconds, the harshest a “smash-out” that so badly injured an inmate deputies were required to remove him from the jail module.
At their first attempt, the Scots scored, working the visitors left and right through a dozen and more punishing phases before hitting the accelerator.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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