: subjected to harmful or improper treatment : having suffered abuse
providing support for abused children/women
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The ear is at once a clue and a harbinger that leads him to an abused woman, Dorothy (Rossellini).
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Since 2019, The Gentle Barn in Christiana, Tennessee, has been a nonprofit respite for abused or neglected animals that couldn't be housed elsewhere.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 29 July 2024
Proceeds from the event fund Courage Houses in all 32 NFL cities which provide support and quality care for abused children.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
Like the elder Herbert’s male leads, Prophecy’s women willfully perpetuate a cycle of abused power and depravity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Since 2019, The Gentle Barn in Christiana, Tennessee, has been a nonprofit respite for abused or neglected animals that couldn't be housed elsewhere.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 29 July 2024
Proceeds from the event fund Courage Houses in all 32 NFL cities which provide support and quality care for abused children.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
Like the elder Herbert’s male leads, Prophecy’s women willfully perpetuate a cycle of abused power and depravity.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Abused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abused. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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