Words similar to abusive

Example sentences for: abusive

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(Tom Shales, the Washington Post ). Others complain there aren't enough such stories, citing the compelling drama of the Russian figure skater whose abusive partner kicked her in the head with his skate.
But even after he stopped taking drugs, he continued to be abusive to her.
A crazed and abusive former Grateful Dead manager from whose unparental loins it is Love's tragedy to have sprung.
Doctors are waging a "David versus Goliath" battle against the "abusive and unfair practices of insurance company giants" in a valiant effort "to level the playing field between patients and insurers," said Smoak.
They would not expect the president to be devoid of dysfunction, but would expect him to have recognized and vanquished his own abusive behaviors.