This is from the National Domestic Violence Hotline website:
You might be experiencing physical abuse if your partner has or repeatedly does any of the following abusive behaviors:
Pull your hair or punch, slap, kick, bite, choke, or smother you.
Forbid or prevent you from eating or sleeping.
Use weapons against you, including firearms, knives, bats, or mace.
Prevent you from contacting emergency services, including medical attention or law enforcement.
Harm your children or pets.
Drive recklessly or dangerously with you in the car or abandon you in unfamiliar places.
Force you to use drugs or alcohol, especially if you have a history of substance abuse.
Trapping you in your home or preventing you from leaving.
Throw objects at you.
Prevent you from taking prescribed medication or deny you necessary medical treatment.