harsh treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofharshandtreatment
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harsh
adjective
uk/hɑːʃ/us/hɑːrʃ/
unpleasant, unkind, cruel, or more severe than ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofharshandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All computers are ruggedised to withstand vibration andharshtreatment.
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Harshtreatmentof the guilty can be defended, butharshtreatmentof the innocent can never be defended.
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The generallyharshtreatmentof people of mixed descent is abundant evidence of this sense of race.
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Reminiscences about farmed-out parish paupers, old and young, generally tell about their pitiable fate andharshtreatment.
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The diary often refers to food shortages andharshtreatmentat the hands of some government officials.
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I expected even moreharshtreatment.
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This seems to be extremelyharshtreatment.
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They do not deserveharshtreatment.
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I did not speak ofharshtreatment.
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That is not veryharshtreatment.
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In my view he has had extremelyharshtreatment.
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I think that that is ratherharshtreatment.
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Is this ratherharshtreatmentof the owners absolutely necessary?
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That is veryharshtreatmentfor these men.
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They are being singled out for speciallyharshtreatment.
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We should not have committed atrocities, but they would have had veryharshtreatment.
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Does my noble friend not think that that is a case ofharshtreatment?
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I have no reason to believe that those returned have suffered undulyharshtreatment.
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They continue to be subjected to exceptionallyharshtreatment, and deprived of food and medicine.
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I have made inquiries and there is no evidence ofharshtreatmentof this soldier.
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I really do not think that this gentleman has hadharshtreatmentat all.
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However, this sensible measure should not be singled out forharshtreatmentin that wider argument.
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Theharshtreatmentof this worthy and useful class is inconsistent with justice.
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No other order faced suchharshtreatment.
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