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outpunished

outpunished is the simple past and past participle of outpunish.

Meaning of outpunish

Verb

outpunish (third-person singular simple present outpunishes, present participle outpunishing, simple past and past participle outpunished)

  1. (rare, transitive) To surpass in punishing.
    • But if the threat is merely unpleasant rather than painful, the first person may increase the intensity of his or her negative acts too, trying as it were to outpunish the punisher.1986, Jeanne P. Deschner, The hitting habit: anger control for battering couples, page 13

Questions about outpunished

What is outpunished the simple past and past participle of?
Outpunished is the simple past and past participle of outpunish.

Words near outpunished in the dictionary

  1. outpunch
  2. outpunched
  3. outpunches
  4. outpunching
  5. outpunish
  6. outpunished
  7. outpunishes
  8. outpunishing
  9. outpurchase
  10. outpurchased
  11. outpurchases

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