Physical abuse

Articles related to Abuse.

By means

Physical abuse Torture / Child abuse / Severe corporal punishment Domestic violence Psychological abuse Humiliation / Intimidation / Mobbing / Bullying Hate speech / Manipulation / Stalking Relational aggression / Parental alienation Psychological Torture / Psychiatric torture Mind Control / Shunning / Coercive persuasion Sexual abuse Incest / Covert Incest / Child sexual abuse Rape / Sexual abuse / Sexual harassment Genital cutting

By victim

Child abuse / Domestic violence Elder abuse / Workplace bullying Prisoner abuse / Animal abuse

By offender

Police brutality Human experimentation

Physical abuse 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

• assault
• battered woman syndrome
• bodily harm
• humiliation
• torture
• violence

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