rough treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandtreatment
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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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 ofroughandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrough treatment
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The passengers getroughtreatment.
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I think it had veryroughtreatment.
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They had veryroughtreatmentindeed.
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They have had someroughtreatmentin recent years.
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I do not believe there wasroughtreatment.
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But punishment androughtreatmentaimed to suppress and cool the animal spirits, not to join battle with an autonomous ' psychological ' realm.
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The dictionary, of course, as a resource for gardeners, would naturally tend to privilege horticultural species; but this does not fully account for itsroughtreatmentof belladonna.
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It is the poor devils at the end of the line who receive theroughtreatment.
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He is released after someroughtreatment.
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This has been partly a natural response to the imposition of intense military control for more than a decade and especiallyroughtreatmentafforded localised identity during that time.
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In these difficult situations accusations and counter-accusations—and, indeed, examples of veryroughtreatment— occur on both sides.
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The canal system never recovered from theroughtreatmentit received at the hands of the railways.
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Some of them have come in for a bit ofroughtreatmentfor the way in which they have served the community or individuals.
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As a result of thatroughtreatment, all those pensioners will pay a terrible price, which will cause sheer misery for many old people.
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I regret that many of the call offices in these locations are misused or givenroughtreatmentby some members of the public.
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Informers can inform in many other ways, but taped interviews may have other benefits, such as discouragingroughtreatmentby the interviewers.
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I hope that he shares my anxiety for those who have received prettyroughtreatmentfrom some of those who were not working.
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She eventually was freed but enduredroughtreatmentin the course of questioning.
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Palace was promoted to detective following a confrontation with him overroughtreatmentof a suspect.
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But had he listened to us he may not have had thatroughtreatment, and if he listens to us now he will avoid it in the future.
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The thoroughness and care taken in their cases contrasts with theroughtreatmentaccorded to an aircraft factory worker who talked one night out of school.
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Theroughtreatmentwas widely condemned and made the wine-growers, clergy, and others all the more determined.
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He was only 5 ft 5 ins tall and was often on the receiving end ofroughtreatment.
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Construction was of wood throughout, braced with wire and covered in fabric, and stressed to withstandroughtreatmentby student pilots.
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Often it was a labor of love for an old building that had survived a couple of decades ofroughtreatment.
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