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by redbar0n 261 days ago
The fact that the Wikipedia page on «verbal abuse» has to use «verbal» as a prefix term to the terms «abuse», «violence», «assault» etc. actually underscores the point: If those terms were obviously verbal in nature, then «verbal» wouldn’t have been needed as a prefix to them.
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So if I say "physical abuse" is it because abuse is presumed non-physical? Obviously not; I am simply being specific.