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collective punishments

collective punishments is the plural of collective punishment.

Meaning of collective punishment

Noun

collective punishment (countable and uncountable, plural collective punishments)

  1. A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted.
    • The Israeli army claims that its offensive, now being stepped up is a “war on terror”; UN experts say it amounts to collective punishment.2023 October 23, Lana Bastašić, “I grew up in Bosnia, amid fear and hatred of Muslims. Now I see Germany’s mistakes over Gaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Questions about collective punishments

What is collective punishments the plural of?
Collective punishments is the plural of collective punishment.

Words near collective punishments in the dictionary

  1. collective number
  2. collective numbers
  3. collective numeral
  4. collective numerals
  5. collective punishment
  6. collective punishments
  7. collective security
  8. Collective Security Treaty Organisation
  9. collective species
  10. collective title
  11. collective titles

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