cruel treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcruelandtreatment
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cruel
adjective
uk/ˈkruː.əl/us/ˈkruː.əl/
extremely unkind and unpleasant and causing pain to people or ...
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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 ofcruelandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Similar arguments are used to justifycrueltreatmentof food animals, which is also wrong.
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No one is saying thatcrueltreatmentof prisoners who are being questioned is a regular practice.
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That wascrueltreatmentfor a law-abiding citizen.
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I have no hesitation in saying that the people who issued that circular are only deserving of the mostcrueltreatmentin return.
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Now, in the twentieth century that is not hard orcrueltreatmentof a prisoner at all.
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On the other hand, we do not want to stop it at the cost ofcrueltreatmentof those who have already contracted it.
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However, we have all witnessed thecrueltreatmentof animals on our televisions.
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I know it is new, but thecrueltreatmentof prisoners is new.
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I put forward the thought that a vast number of animals are being subjected tocrueltreatmentfor non-medical reasons.
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We have read very serious reports about thecrueltreatmentof horses.
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While the measures she has described will obviously be constructive and helpful, is she satisfied that they will remove thecrueltreatmentof these birds?
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But our inflexible insistence upon unconditional surrender does not mean that we shall stain our victorious arms by wrong andcrueltreatmentof whole populations.
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Many of them have experiencedcrueltreatmentat the hands of their merciless gaolers.
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It would be easy to give many examples, fully verified, of thecrueltreatmentwhich the work-worn horse is likely to meet with when exported.
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It is a very useful measure, not only in helping to preserve rare species but also, indirectly, in discouraging inhumane andcrueltreatment.
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The public have a remedy for much of thecrueltreatmentof hens and animals in cages.
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It is a straightforward attempt to preserve a number of species of birds which are threatened with extinction and to prevent thecrueltreatmentof any wild bird.
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Her bill for divorce alleged neglect,crueltreatment, and desertion, and claimed that her husband had property worth $8 million and an income exceeding $40,000 a month.
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The film caused mild controversy due to its seeminglycrueltreatmentto the cats.
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