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Self-abuse can be used to describe an action where a person subjects themselves to physical or mental harm. For example, "The man's self-abuse of alcohol led to significant health complications."
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self-abuse
noun
Self-deception.
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Swearing, strangling and self-abuse.
You are the end of self-abuse.
The self-abuse set loves him.
Maureen has grown wise in the ways of self-abuse.
"They say self-abuse is partly genetic," he says.
"But the self-criticism, self-abuse, perfectionism, judgmentalism and restrictive mind-set persist".
His heel bleeds — giving the sense that his fearless, improvisatory approach borders on self-abuse.
They may become anorexic or bulimic (often, eating disorders accompany other forms of self-abuse).
When the historian mentioned self-abuse, Winstone helpfully translated the term as "knocks one out".
Someone to take the temptation of self-abuse away from him.
Unlike misanthropy or self-abuse, tea-making is not a solitary pursuit.
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