punishing in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for punishing in the English»Serbian Dictionary

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I.pun·ish·ing ['pʌnɪʃɪŋ] ADJ attr fig

II.pun·ish·ing ['pʌnɪʃɪŋ] N

pun·ish ['pʌnɪʃ] VB trans

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punishing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to punish sb heavily/severely
strogo kazniti nekoga
to punish sb with a fine
primorati nekoga da plati kaznu
to take a punishing device, equipment
biti preopterećen
to take a punishing (be damaged)
biti uništen
to take a punishing boxer
pretrpeti poraz

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But if they take their kids to a theater, they'll be punishing themselves.
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The police commander was in charge of suppressing revolts and punishing villages which dropped below the quota.
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The high gravity environment, combined with the punishing mining conditions eventually changed their morphology.
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Typically, a stair carpet will be more hardwearing since it gets more punishing footfall than, for example, a carpet in a bedroom.
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He was accused of not preventing or punishing the actions of those under his command.
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When an organism perceives an antecedent stimulus, it behaves in a way that maximizes reinforcing consequences and minimizes punishing consequences.
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Services that the racketeers may offer may include the recovery of stolen property or punishing vandals.
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Their dresses were hardly enough to keep the conscripts warm during the army's punishing, many-week-long marches.
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The situation was so bad that she sometimes thought she would rather die than remain in her punishing situation.
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Our final decision was informed by what audiences found the most satisfying after watching a really punishing film.
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