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Abusiveness

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a·bu·sive (

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adj.

1. Characterized by improper or wrongful use: abusive utilization of public funds.

2. Using or containing insulting or coarse language: finally reprimanded the abusive colleague.

3. Causing physical injury to another: abusive punishment.

4. Relating to or practicing sexual abuse.

a·busive·ly adv.

a·busive·ness n.

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But even Caine's superbly persuasive mood swings, from craven vulnerability to unconscionable abusiveness and all the key points in between, get old after too much reprise.

A 'STATEMENT' OF FACT THAT'S FASCINATING, TEDIOUS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

My grandpa who died in January was an alcoholic and had a history of abusiveness.

The Violence of God: Dialogic Fragments by BLUMENTHAL, DAVID R. / Cross Currents

Abusiveness, in fact, seemed the default position.

Black and Blue by COATES, TA-NEHISI / Washington Monthly

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