physical cruelty

collocation in English

meaningsofphysicalandcruelty

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physical
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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cruelty
noun[U or C]
uk
/ˈkruː.əl.ti/us
/ˈkruː.əl.t̬i/
cruel behaviour or a ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandcrueltyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphysical cruelty

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Second, another limitation concerns the measures of emotional andphysicalcruelty.
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In the battle over the woman's body which could ensue, parents argued that by theirphysicalcruelty husbands had relinquished their rights to the custody of their daughters.
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Some distinction should have been made between mental andphysicalcruelty.
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The question of cruelty has been raised and the differentiation between mental andphysicalcruelty.
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Are there not many instances where mental cruelty is much worse thanphysicalcruelty?
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It will be safer, even, to display grossphysicalcrueltyagainst a harmless child.
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We cannot be passive onlookers and fail these masses of people who are being subjected to mental andphysicalcruelty.
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Cases of neglect orphysicalcrueltywere 24,420 out of 40,000 cases.
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I think that there is a line to be drawn beween mental andphysicalcruelty.
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It is often said that mental cruelty is as wounding asphysicalcruelty.
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Before we go about making these demands to inflict all kinds of further suffering and furtherphysicalcruelty, let us ask ourselves how much their fault is our fault.
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Where these are significantly frustrated or denied the animal stands in danger of a type of deprivation which is equivalent to mental if not tophysicalcruelty.
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If it isphysicalcruelty, that cruelty will be perpetrated again on future wives, and that strikes me as being a serious fault in the legislation.
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