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Physical abuse is abuse involving contact intended to cause pain, injury, or other physical suffering.

Basic forms include:

• striking
• punching
• pushing, pulling
• pinching
• kicking
• having someone fall
• strangling
• keeping the head under water
• 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 projectileA projectile is any object sent through the air by the application of some force. In a general sense, even a football or baseball may be considered a projectile, but in practical action most projectiles are designed as weapons. Motive force Arrows, darts,
• exposure to a toxinA toxin is a substance that causes either permanent or reversible injury to the health of a living thing on contact or absorption, typically by interacting with biological macromolecules such as enzymes and receptors. The term is usually reserved for natu
• infectingInfection" is also the title of an episode of the television series Babylon 5; see Infection (Babylon 5). An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. The colonizing organism interferes with the normal functioning with a diseaseA disease is any abnormal condition of the body or mind that causes discomfort, dysfunction, or distress to the person affected or those in contact with the person. Sometimes the term is used broadly to include injuries, disabilities, syndromes, symptoms,

See also

• assaultAssault is the crime of violence against another person. In some jurisdictions (e. Australia), assault is used to refer to the actual violence, while in other jurisdictions (e. some in the United States, England and Wales), assault refers only to the thre
• bodily harmThe medical idea of bodily harm is more specific than legal ideas of assault or violence in general, and distinct from property damage. It refers to lasting harm done to the body, human or otherwise, although in its legal sense it is exclusively defined a
• humiliation
• tortureTorture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain as a means of cruelty, intimidation, punishment, for the extraction of a confession or information or simply for the entertainment of the perpetrator. Signatories of the Third Geneva Conve.
• violence

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