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Abuse
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Physical abuse is a form of antisocial behavior and is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering or harm.
Basic forms include:
- striking
- punching
- pushing, pulling
- pinching
- kicking
- having someone fall
- strangling
- drowning
- sleep deprivation
- exposure to cold, freezing
- exposure to heat or radiation, burning
- exposure to electric shock
- placing in "stress positions" (tied or otherwise forced)
- cutting or otherwise exposing somebody to something sharp
- exposure to a dangerous animal
- throwing or shooting a projectile
- exposure to a toxic substance
- infecting with a disease
See also[]
- Abuse reporting
- Assault
- Battered child syndrome
- Battered females
- battered woman syndrome
- Bodily harm
- Child abuse
- Childhood physical abuse
- Child neglect
- Elder abuse
- Family violence
- Humiliation
- Partner abuse
- Patient abuse
- Torture
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