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abusive

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abusive/əˈbjuːsɪv/

▶adjective

1 offensive and insulting.

2 characterized by physical abuse.

3 involving illegality.

– derivatives
abusively adverb,
abusiveness noun.

'abusive' also found in these Oxford entries:

choice - flame - invective - Kaffir - mordacious - mouthful - pasquinade - poison pen letter - slang - thrall - Tory - vituperation - vituperative

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