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Est. 1828
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'punitive'
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3 syllables

  • fugitive
  • lucrative
  • nutritive
  • putative
  • mutative

4 syllables

  • accusative
  • commutative
  • copulative
  • nonnutritive
  • computative
  • confutative
  • disputative
  • imputative
  • refutative
  • reputative
  • unlucrative

5 syllables

  • noncommutative

6 syllables

  • adjunct accusative

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Adjectives for punitive:

  • raids
  • operation
  • intervention
  • approach
  • parents
  • approaches
  • actions
  • attack
  • measure
  • detachment
  • practices
  • detachments
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People also search for punitive:

  • flagrant
  • erring
  • unilateral
  • criminal
  • noncomplying
  • preemptory
  • iniquitous
  • condemnatory
  • unneighborly
  • stringent
  • subjective
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