ADJ
- alcohol, drug, solvent, substance (= drugs or solvents)
VERB + ABUSE
- be open to
- The legal system is open to abuse
ADJ
- emotional, physical, sex/sexual
- child, elder
- victims of child abuse
- human rights ~s
- allegations of human rights abuses
- alleged, suspected
QUANT
- case
- six cases of suspected child abuse
VERB + ABUSE
- carry out, subject sb to
- She was subjected to regular sexual abuse
- suffer, take
- The child had taken a lot of emotional abuse
- suspect sb of
ABUSE + VERB
- happen, occur, take place
PHRASES
- an allegation of abuse, a perpetrator of abuse, a victim of abuse
QUANT
- stream, torrent
- He was subjected to a torrent of abuse
VERB + ABUSE
- hurl, scream, shout, shower sb with, subject sb to, yell
- endure
- They had to endure continual racial abuse
PHRASES
- heap abuse on sb/sth
- Abuse and scorn were heaped on the proposals
- a target for/of abuse
- The team who lost became a target of abuse for angry fans
- a term of abuse
- Calling someone stupid is definitely a term of abuse
