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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner or other members of a household
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("domestic violence" is a kind of...):
force; violence (an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists))