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abuse
Noun
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Abuse is touching or acting towards someone in a way that will likely hurt them.
The girls suffered terrible physical and sexual abuse from their father.
abuse
Verb
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If you abuse something, you misuse it; you use something improperly.
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If you abuse something, you injure it; you hurt it; you treat it with cruelty or damage it.
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If you abuse somebody, you rape them; you assault them.
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If you abuse somebody, you berate them; you insult or revile them.
Child abuse is prohibited in America.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
market
Noun
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A market is a place where many people come to buy and sell things.
It's time to take the cows to the market.
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The market is the stock market.
The market rose Tuesday on good results from the banking sector.
Cable stocks have lost an estimated market value of $ 6 to $ 8 billion.
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A market is a group of people or businesses that might buy goods or services.
The government is trying to help farmers find a new market for their grain.
The financial and oil markets continued to react negatively to the news from the war.
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A market is the total amount or value of a particular kind of goods or services bought or sold.
The company already has a 54-percent share of the commercial jet market.
market
Verb
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If you market something, you make it available for sale and you try to get people to buy it.
Manufacturers who spend millions to develop new drugs heavily market their products.
power
Noun
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energy, force, control. A quality that can make things happen.
His muscles have a lot of power.
The prime minister has power over the country.
Fight the power! (Meaning, "Fight authority!")
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Energy or electricity.
The city had no lights that night because there was no power.
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Power is how fast something uses energy. That is, how much work it does in a certain time.
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A special ability that someone might have.
In comic books many heroes have amazing powers.
often shows witches as having magical powers.
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A person or group of people with authority; that is a people who control things.
The mayor and the sheriff are the major powers in this town.
I like the idea, but the powers that be will not allow it.
power
Verb
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To provide power for or give power to (a mechanical or electronic device).
This CD player is powered by batteries.