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adjective • inflicting punishment | ||||||||
| 27% | 12 | Don't protest as much about a punishment intended as a warning to others? | ||||||
noun • punishment intended as a warning to others | ||||||||
| 24% | 8 | Extreme physical pain inflicted as punishment or punishment | ||||||
noun • extreme mental distress • unbearable physical pain • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean • the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason verb • torment emotionally or mentally • subject to torture | ||||||||
Intended As Punishment Crossword Clue
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PUNITIVE which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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PUNITIVE
Updated: October 13, 2023
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