throw the book at
swing for
disciplinary
nail someone to the wall
teach someone a lesson
kill
bring to book
crime
castigate
wrath
punishing
penal
gruel
take one's medicine
smoke
kiss the rod
kipper
have
chastise
punitive
punny
trample
have someone's hide
bite in the arse
slow-walk
penalise
amerce
get off lightly
forjudge
punish
punishably
penalize
punishable
penalised
penalization
punitory
punishingly
assess
draw and quarter
overpunish
punity
extrapunitive
victimize
pen
penance
punishment
stigmatic
punishability
object lesson
example
overpenalization
lesson
get into trouble
punishee
deterrent example
slap
crucifixion
punishableness
antipunishment
give
excruciation
disciplinable
cop it
bring down the hammer
punitorily
prepunish
fine
correct
punisher
punitively
penally
make an example of
wite
penalizable
mispunish
ferule
mulct
executed
level
overpenalize
ping
smite
The Hague
penitentiary
disciplining
wet noodle
medicine
punished
cruelize
music
punishingness
hanger and flogger
slap on the wrist

English words for 'To apply the harshest possible punishment to.'

As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "To apply the harshest possible punishment to.". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click search related words by phrase or description. to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.

Recent Queries