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1 abuse
1. [ə'bju:z] verb1) (to use wrongly, usually with harmful results: She abused her privileges by taking too long a holiday.) piktnaudžiauti2) (to insult or speak roughly to: She abused the servants.) grubiai elgtis, užgaulioti2. [ə'bju:s] noun1) (insulting language: He shouted abuse at her.) užgauliojimas2) (the wrong use of something: This toy has been subjected to a lot of abuse.) netinkamas elgesys•- abusive- abusively
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2 sexual abuse
noun (taking advantage of someone sexually in a cruel way.) seksualinė prievarta -
3 cretin
['kretin]1) (a person who is mentally subnormal and physically deformed.) kretinas2) (an idiot, used as a term of contempt and abuse.) kretinas -
4 screech
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5 sex
[seks]1) (either of the two classes (male and female) into which human beings and animals are divided according to the part they play in producing children or young: Jeans are worn by people of both sexes; What sex is the puppy?) lytis2) (the fact of belonging to either of these two groups: discrimination on the grounds of sex; ( also adjective) sex discrimination.) lytis; lyčių•- sexist- sexless
- sexual
- sexually
- sexy
- sexual abuse
- sex appeal
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6 slang
[slæŋ] 1. noun(words and phrases (often in use for only a short time) used very informally, eg words used mainly by, and typical of, a particular group: army slang; teenage slang; `stiff' is slang for `a corpse'.) žargonas, slengas2. verb(to speak rudely and angrily to or about (someone); to abuse: I got furious when he started slanging my mother.) dergti, koneveikti -
7 torrent
['torənt](a rushing stream: The rain fell in torrents; She attacked him with a torrent of abuse.) srovė, srautas
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