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punishing

/ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

punishinggerund / present participle

/ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋ/

Translations

карательный

The team faced a punishing schedule this season.

Команда столкнулась с карательным расписанием в этом сезоне.

изнурительный

The marathon was a punishing test of endurance.

Марафон был изнурительным испытанием на выносливость.

Additional translations

наказующий

жестокий

тяжелый

Definitions

Causing great difficulty or hardship; demanding or exhausting.

The marathon was a punishing test of endurance for all the runners.

Inflicting or intended to inflict punishment.

The coach's punishing training regimen left the athletes exhausted but prepared.

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punishingnoun

/ˈpʌn.ɪ.ʃɪŋ/

Gerund form functioning as an uncountable noun meaning the act of imposing punishment

Definitions

The act or process of punishing; the imposition of a penalty.

The punishing of offenders is meant to deter future crimes.

punishverb

punishing

Gerund

punished

Past Simple

punished

Past Participle

punishing

Gerund

/ˈpʌnɪʃ/

Translations

наказывать

The teacher decided to punish the student for cheating.

Учитель решил наказать ученика за списывание.

карать

The law will punish those who break it.

Закон будет карать тех, кто его нарушает.

Additional translations

оштрафовать

Definitions

To subject (a person or group) to a penalty or sanction for wrongdoing, fault, or misbehavior.

The teacher decided to punish the student for cheating on the exam.

To cause severe stress, damage, or hardship to something through intense force, use, or conditions.

Relentless waves punished the coastline during the storm.

Informal: To consume, use, or defeat with great vigor or intensity.

After the game, she punished a whole pizza by herself.

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