punishing

Verb

Present participle of punish.

Adjective

(comparative more punishing, superlative most punishing)

That inflicts punishment
arduous, gruelling

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God is punishing my daughter for what you did.
"I wonder if God is punishing us," she mused.
- on Natural Religion - he defends a moral or punishing Deity against the sentimental softness of the age.
Was God punishing Destiny because they had been greedy?
"I wonder if God is punishing us," she mused.

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