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pun·ish·ing: I. adjective and adverb II. noun
pun·ish: transitive verb

I . pun·ish·ing [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ] ADJ attr fig

1. punishing (heavy):

punishing pace, workload

punishing pace, workload

2. punishing (brutal):

punishing

punishing

3. punishing (tough):

punishing

punishing

punishing

II . pun·ish·ing [ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ] N

punishing TECH (severe handling)

punishing (rough treatment)

to take a punishing device, equipment

biti močno obremenjen

to take a punishing (be damaged)

to take a punishing (be defeated) team, boxer

pun·ish [ˈpʌnɪʃ] VB trans

1. punish (penalize):

to punish sb heavily/severely

močno/resno kaznovati koga

to punish sb with a fine

2. punish (treat roughly, treat badly):

grdo ravnati s/z

punish in a fight

zdelovati [perf zdelati]

3. punish (exert oneself):

to punish oneself

Usage examples with punishing

to take a punishing device, equipment

biti močno obremenjen

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On a similar theme objections are made against the perceived injustice of punishing a person for all eternity for a temporal crime. en.wikipedia.org

The high gravity environment, combined with the punishing mining conditions eventually changed their morphology. en.wikipedia.org

This was enforced through state policies of rewarding publications that published acceptable content and punishing those that did not. en.wikipedia.org

Fox said his party's manifesto would tackle the worst economic crisis in 80 years without punishing ordinary people. en.wikipedia.org

These tours lasted over three years, and set a punishing pace that would be maintained over the years to come. en.wikipedia.org

Typically, a stair carpet will be more hardwearing since it gets more punishing footfall than, for example, a carpet in a bedroom. en.wikipedia.org

The police commander was in charge of suppressing revolts and punishing villages which dropped below the quota. en.wikipedia.org

Punishing is exercised, even at a cost, and in most experiments it leads to greater group cooperation. en.wikipedia.org

What a wonderful tonic to be exposed to bright sunshine, drenching rain, choking dust, dripping fog, rigid air, punishing winds! en.wikipedia.org

Services that the racketeers may offer may include the recovery of stolen property or punishing vandals. en.wikipedia.org

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