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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.
patent
Noun
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A patent is a way of protecting an invention from being stolen.
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Thomas Edison had over 2000 patents.
patent
Verb
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To patent means to get a patent on an invention
Thomas Edison patented the light bulb and the phonograph.