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  • 61misuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misusage, misemploy ment, misapplication, misappropriation; abuse, profanation, perversion, prostitution, ill use, ill usage; desecration; waste. v. t. misemploy, misapply, misappropriate; ill use. II …

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  • 62misuse — Synonyms and related words: abuse, active use, adulterate, adulteration, alloy, appliance, application, barbarism, befoul, befouling, bias, bleed, bleed white, canker, catachresis, cheapen, clerical error, coarsen, color, confound, consumption,… …

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  • 63mishandle — I (maltreat) verb abuse, assail, assault, batter, defile, handle badly, ill treat, ill use, impose upon, injure, manhandle, maul, misemploy, misuse, molest, overburden, persecute, ravish, rough, treat abusively, treat ill, treat improperly,… …

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  • 64mistreat — I verb abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, assail, assault, attack, badger, be hurtful, be malevolent, be offensive, be pitiless, be rude, be violent, bear malice, berate, bother, bruise, bully, burden, cause evil, cause pain, create havoc, debase,… …

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  • 65misuse — I. v. a. 1. Misemploy, misapply, desecrate, profane, pervert, put to a wrong use. 2. Abuse, maltreat, ill treat, ill use. 3. Waste, squander, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishly. II. n. 1. Abuse, perversion, prostitution,… …

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  • 66abuse — I. v. a. 1. Misuse, misemploy, misapply, pervert, prostitute, desecrate, dishonor, profane, pollute, make an ill use of, deceive, impose on, betray, cajole, seduce by cajolery. 2. Maltreat, harm, injure, hurt, ill treat, ill use. 3. Revile,… …

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  • 67Traitté de l'origine des romans — Pierre Daniel Huet s Trai [t] té de l origine des Romans ( Treatise on the Origin of Novels , or Romances if one wants to speak early 18th century English) can claim to be the first history of fiction. It was originally published in 1670 as… …

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  • 68Badness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Capability of producing evil. Bad qualities. < N PARAG:Badness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hurtfulness hurtfulness &c.???adj. Sgm: N 1 virulence virulence GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 evil doer evil doer &c. 913 Sgm: N 2 bane …

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  • 69exploit — I (make use of) verb apply, avail oneself of, bring into play, capitalize on, consume, employ, exercise, fall back on, find useful, implement, make the most of, manipulate, operate, profit by, put in practice, put into action, put into operation …

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  • 70harm — n: loss of or damage to a person s right, property, or physical or mental well being: injury harm vt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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