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Punishing

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Definitions for Punishing

adjective
resulting in punishment
Examples
  1. the king imposed a punishing tax
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
Synonyms
arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious operose toilsome
Examples
  1. especially physical effort
  2. worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  3. a grueling campaign
  4. hard labor
  5. heavy work
  6. heavy going
  7. spent many laborious hours on the project
  8. set a punishing pace
verb
impose a penalty on
Synonyms
punish penalize penalise
Examples
  1. inflict punishment on
  2. The students were penalized for showing up late for class
  3. we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again

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