: subjected to harmful or improper treatment : having suffered abuse
providing support for abused children/women
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Neuroscientists have found that an abused child’s brain will not mature as easily.
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The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Smith said that choking or strangulation in a domestic violence relationship vastly increases the risk of homicide for the abused.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The abused partner may then feel hopeful and so agree to forgive their abuser.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
The Handmaid's Tale's final season saw a revolution come to Gilead, with the abused women of this dystopia rising up to slaughter the patriarchal class and take back the U.S.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 May 2025
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The Marshall Project, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Smith said that choking or strangulation in a domestic violence relationship vastly increases the risk of homicide for the abused.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The abused partner may then feel hopeful and so agree to forgive their abuser.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 July 2025
The Handmaid's Tale's final season saw a revolution come to Gilead, with the abused women of this dystopia rising up to slaughter the patriarchal class and take back the U.S.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 27 May 2025
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“Abused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abused. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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