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We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.
Ann Coulter

Meaning of "punishing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUNISHING

punishing  [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUNISHING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Punishing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUNISHING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

punishing

Punishment

Punishment is the authoritative imposition of something undesirable or unpleasant upon an individual or group by law enforcement, in response to behaviour that an authority deems unacceptable or a violation of some norm. The unpleasant imposition may include a fine, penalty, or confinement, or be the removal or denial of something pleasant or desirable. The individual may be a person, or even an animal. The authority may be either a group or a single person, and punishment may be carried out formally under a system of law or informally in other kinds of social settings such as within a family. Negative consequences that are not authorised or that are administered without a breach of rules are not considered to be punishment as defined here. The study and practice of the punishment of crimes, particularly as it applies to imprisonment, is called penology, or, often in modern texts, corrections; in this context, the punishment process is euphemistically called "correctional process". Research into punishment often includes similar research into prevention.

Definition of punishing in the English dictionary

The first definition of punishing in the dictionary is inflicting a penalty or sanction for a crime or misdemeanour. Other definition of punishing is a punishing schedule, activity, or experience requires a lot of physical effort and makes you very tired or weak. Punishing is also hard-hitting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUNISHING


astonishing
əˈstɒnɪʃɪŋ
diminishing
dɪˈmɪnɪʃɪŋ
distinguishing
dɪsˈtɪŋɡwɪʃɪŋ
finishing
ˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ
fishing
ˈfɪʃɪŋ
flourishing
ˈflʌrɪʃɪŋ
fly-fishing
ˈflaɪˌfɪʃɪŋ
garnishing
ˈɡɑːnɪʃɪŋ
languishing
ˈlæŋɡwɪʃɪŋ
linishing
ˈlɪnɪʃɪŋ
nonvanishing
nɒnˈvænɪʃɪŋ
nourishing
ˈnʌrɪʃɪŋ
overfishing
ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃɪŋ
phishing
ˈfɪʃɪŋ
photofinishing
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ
publishing
ˈpʌblɪʃɪŋ
ravishing
ˈrævɪʃɪŋ
refurbishing
riːˈfɜːbɪʃɪŋ
sportfishing
ˈspɔːtˌfɪʃɪŋ
varnishing
ˈvɑːnɪʃɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUNISHING

punier
puniest
punily
puniness
punish
punishability
punishable
punisher
punishingly
punishment
punishment beating
punition
punitive
punitive damages
punitive taxation
punitively
punitiveness
punitory

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUNISHING

anything
blushing
bushing
crashing
crushing
Cushing
dashing
desktop publishing
flashing
flushing
gushing
ice fishing
lashing
Pershing
pushing
refreshing
slashing
smashing
thrashing
trout fishing
washing

Synonyms and antonyms of punishing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUNISHING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «punishing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of punishing

Translation of «punishing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUNISHING

Find out the translation of punishing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of punishing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «punishing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

繁重费力的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agotador
570 millions of speakers

English

punishing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दंडित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معاقبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

наказания
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desgastante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শাস্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

épuisant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menghukum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hart
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過酷な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

매우 힘든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Punishing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trừng phạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்டிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cezalandırıyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfiancante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

karanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

покарання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pedepsirea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τιμωρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

straf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bestraffa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

straffe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of punishing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNISHING»

The term «punishing» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.056 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUNISHING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about punishing

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10 QUOTES WITH «PUNISHING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word punishing.
1
Frederic Bastiat
Finally, is not liberty the restricting of the law only to its rational sphere of organizing the right of the individual to lawful self-defense; of punishing injustice?
2
William J. Brennan, Jr.
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
3
Tammy Bruce
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win.
4
Margaret Carlson
I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad.
5
Alan Cohen
Guilt: punishing yourself before God doesn't.
6
Jim Costa
In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.
7
Ann Coulter
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.
8
Barbara Deming
Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
9
Barbara Deming
Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try - by punishing the troublesome - to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
10
Ian Dunbar
Training a dog, to me, is on a par with learning to dance with my wife or teaching my son to ski. These are fun things we do together. If anyone even talks about dominating the dog or hurting him or fighting him or punishing him, don't go there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNISHING»

Discover the use of punishing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to punishing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Punishing Hate: Bias Crimes under American Law
In this book, Frederick Lawrence poses the question: Should bias crimes be punished more harshly than similar crimes that are not motivated by bias?
Frederick M. LAWRENCE, Frederick M Lawrence, 2009
2
Punishing Immigrants: Policy, Politics, and Injustice
The original essays in this volume uncover and identify the unanticipated and hidden consequences of immigration policies and practices here and abroad at a time when immigration to the U.S. is near an all-time high.
Charis E. Kubrin, Marjorie S. Zatz, Ramiro Martínez, 2012
3
Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social ...
By bringing developments in welfare and criminal justice into a single analytic framework attentive to both the instrumental and communicative moments of public policy, Punishing the Poor shows that the prison is not a mere technical ...
Loïc Wacquant, 2009
4
Punishing Race: A Continuing American Dilemma
Punishing Race addresses enduring paradoxes of racial disparities in America and the problems of race in the criminal justice system.
Michael Tonry, 2012
5
Punishing: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations PunishingDefinition of a teenager?
‎2008
6
Punishing Schools: Fear and Citizenship in American Public ...
In the end, this book is not just about saving schools, it is also about saving democracy and offering young people a future that matters." --Henry Giroux, McMaster University "This is an important book . . . a distinctive contribution.
William (Bill) Thomas Lyons, Julie Drew, 2009
7
Punishing the Prince: A Theory of Interstate Relations, ...
Given its important insights into issues of credible commitment, reputation, signaling, and domestic political influences on foreign policy, this book should have wide-ranging influence.
Fiona McGillivray, Alastair Smith, 2008
8
Punishing Violence
A clear examination of the relationship underpinning violence and the reasons for violent acts. This is a clear and authoritative account of the reality of assault and identify a dislocation between purposes of victims and justice system.
Antonia Cretney, Gwynn Davis, 2002
9
Punishing International Terrorists: The Legal Framework for ...
This book pinpoints the opportunities and the gaps in the legal system as it applies to political violence.
John Francis Murphy, 1985
10
Punishing the Mentally Ill: A Critical Analysis of Law and ...
A provocative exploration of a wide range of controversies in mental health law, this book argues that the criminal justice system punishes citizens for being mentally ill.
Bruce A. Arrigo, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUNISHING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term punishing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brief: Focus now on 60+ mm of rain and punishing 35C temps
Tuesday, July 28, 2015, 9:30 AM - Warm weather will continue to dominate in Ontario for a few days while temperatures pick up out west. Meanwhile, more rain ... «The Weather Network, Jul 15»
2
Unbearable heat, punishing temps
Another day of unbearable heat is expected as we start the weekend, with punishing temperatures this afternoon reaching the upper 90s. With plentiful humidity ... «Bowling Green Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Teenager Machetes Teacher for Punishing Girlfriend
The boy, who intended to kill the male teacher was said to have carried out the wicked act because the teacher punished his girlfriend who misbehaved in the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Why is UKM punishing students wanting water?
Ong pointed out that among the reasons the students were being punished was for handing him a memorandum to complaint about the water issue during the ... «Malaysiakini, Jun 15»
5
When employee has FMLA history, beware punishing for suddenly …
It's almost always inconvenient to have an employee suddenly leave in the middle of a shift. But if the underlying reason is an FMLA-covered condition and he ... «Business Management Daily, Jun 15»
6
Punishing bad behaviour
Mexico's mid-term elections. Punishing bad behaviour. The mainstream political parties suffered setbacks. That is no reason for the government to retreat from ... «The Economist, Jun 15»
7
Punishing heat wave continues to grip Sindh, Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Punishing heat wave continues to grip most parts of Sindh, Balochistan while parts of Khyber Pakhutunkhwa and Punjab received scattered rain ... «Geo News, Pakistan, Jun 15»
8
Congress Rewards Corporations While Punishing the American …
Congress keeps feeding big corporations huge tax cuts that they don't deserve, even as it starves average Americans of the services and investments they need. «Huffington Post, May 15»
9
Punishing parents who deviate from the government-enforced norm
Controversies about “free-range parenting” illuminate today's scarred cultural landscape. Neighbors summon police in response to parenting choices the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
10
Supreme Court to hold off on punishing lawmakers over education …
The state Supreme Court will hold off on whether to punish lawmakers over the lack of a K-12 school-funding plan until after the special legislative session ends. «The Seattle Times, Apr 15»

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