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verb : PUNISHING
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again" ;
Adjective : PUNISHING
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax" ;
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2. (
- arduous ,
- backbreaking ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- hard ,
- heavy ,
- laborious ,
- operose ,
- punishing ,
- toilsome
) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" ;
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