punishing
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editpunishing (comparative more punishing, superlative most punishing)
- That punishes physically and/or mentally; arduous, gruelling, demanding.
- 2010, Kathleen C. Winters, Amelia Earhart: The Turbulent Life of an American Icon, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 90:
- Upon Amelia's return from the West Coast in October, George presented her with a punishing schedule of lectures and appointments to promote the new book and solidify her position as America's foremost woman aviator.
- 2013, Grace Young, Alan Richardson, The Breath of a Wok, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 100:
- Regardless of the punishing heat and physicality, restaurant cooking is a calling many Chinese chefs cannot deny.
- 2016, Tamara Gill, Only an Earl Will Do, Entangled: Select Historical (→ISBN)
- They took off at a punishing speed, making London in less than half a day.
- (figuratively) Debilitating, harsh.
- 1999, Edward Gonzalez, Richard Nuccio, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, The Rand Forum on Cuba, Rand Corp
- Others argued that the worst of all outcomes after 40 years of a punishing embargo would be for the United States to adopt policies that might extend the life of a dictatorial regime.
- 2010, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Globalization at Risk, Yale University Press, →ISBN:
- Public debt of this magnitude can provoke punishing tax rates and crowd out private investment.
- 2016, David J. Sanger, Derek E. Blackman, Aspects of Psychopharmacology, Routledge, →ISBN:
- The apparent punishing effect of naloxone may be mediated through the withdrawal reaction that it produces[.]
- a punishing blow
- 1999, Edward Gonzalez, Richard Nuccio, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, The Rand Forum on Cuba, Rand Corp
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editthat punishes
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debilitating, harsh
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Noun
editpunishing (plural punishings)
- Punishment.
- 2011, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, page 303:
- We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts […]
Verb
editpunishing
- present participle and gerund of punish
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