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dawdle
collapse
related words >
abide
,
await
,
bide
,
bide the issue
,
clock watcher
,
continue
,
dallier
,
dally
,
dawdler
,
delay
,
diddle
,
diddler
,
dillydallier
,
dillydally
,
do-nothing
,
dolittle
,
doodle
,
doodler
,
drag
,
drag out
,
draw out
,
drone
,
dwell on
,
extend
,
faineant
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
flag
,
foot-dragger
,
gentleman of leisure
,
get behind
,
goldbrick
,
goldbricker
,
goof off
,
goof-off
,
halt
,
hang about
,
hang around
,
hang back
,
hold everything
,
hold on
,
hold your horses
,
idle
,
idler
,
lag
,
laggard
,
laze
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
lie-abed
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
linger on
,
lingerer
,
loafer
,
loiter
,
loiterer
,
loller
,
lollygag
,
lotus-eater
,
lounge
,
lounger
,
lubber
,
mark time
,
mope
,
moper
,
piddle
,
plodder
,
poke
,
potterer
,
procrastinate
,
procrastinator
,
prolong
,
protract
,
putterer
,
shilly-shally
,
sit tight
,
sit up
,
sleepyhead
,
slouch
,
sloucher
,
slow goer
,
slow-foot
,
slowbelly
,
slowpoke
,
slug
,
sluggard
,
snail
,
spin out
,
stay
,
stay up
,
stick around
,
stick-in-the-mud
,
straggle
,
stretch out
,
take time
,
tarry
,
temporize
,
time killer
,
time waster
,
tortoise
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
trifler
,
wait
,
wait a minute
,
wait and see
,
waiter on Providence
,
waste time
convulse
collapse
be overcome with laughter
make someone convulse with laughter; "The comedian convulsed the crowd"
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; "The muscles in her face convulsed"
cause to contract; "The spasm convulses her facial muscles"
shake uncontrollably; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside"
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
related words >
afflict
,
agitate
,
agonize
,
ail
,
amuse
,
beat
,
beat up
,
beguile
,
bite
,
bloody
,
bug
,
burn
,
chafe
,
churn
,
churn up
,
claw
,
concuss
,
crucify
,
cut
,
delight
,
disarrange
,
discompose
,
disquiet
,
distract
,
distress
,
disturb
,
divert
,
embroil
,
enliven
,
entertain
,
excite
,
excruciate
,
exhilarate
,
ferment
,
fester
,
flurry
,
fracture one
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
knock dead
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
loosen up
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
nip
,
paddle
,
pain
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
psych
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
raise a laugh
,
raise a smile
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
recreate
,
refresh
,
regale
,
relax
,
rile
,
rip
,
ripple
,
rock
,
roil
,
roughen
,
rub
,
ruffle
,
rumple
,
savage
,
scarify
,
shake
,
shake up
,
slay
,
solace
,
spook
,
stab
,
sting
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
throw
,
throw into confusion
,
tickle
,
titillate
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
tweak
,
twist
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
,
wound
,
wow
,
wring
harrow
collapse
a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
draw a harrow over (land)
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
backset
,
badger
,
bait
,
bedevil
,
bite
,
bloody
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
cog
,
comb
,
convulse
,
crag
,
crucify
,
cultivate
,
culture
,
cut
,
dab
,
delve
,
devil
,
dig
,
distress
,
drag
,
dress
,
dub
,
equalize
,
even
,
excruciate
,
fallow
,
fang
,
fertilize
,
fester
,
flatten
,
force
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grade
,
grate
,
grease
,
grind
,
gripe
,
heckle
,
hector
,
hoe
,
hurt
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
jag
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
lay
,
level
,
list
,
lubricate
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
mow
,
mulch
,
needle
,
nip
,
oil
,
pain
,
peak
,
pecten
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plane
,
planish
,
plaster
,
plow
,
prick
,
projection
,
prolong the agony
,
prune
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rake
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
ratchet
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
sawtooth
,
scarify
,
shave
,
smooth
,
smooth down
,
smooth out
,
snag
,
snaggle
,
spade
,
spire
,
sprocket
,
spur
,
stab
,
steeple
,
sting
,
tantalize
,
tease
,
thin
,
thin out
,
till
,
till the soil
,
tooth
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
weed
,
weed out
,
work
,
wound
,
wring
drag out
collapse
related words >
adjourn
,
amble
,
arouse
,
bring forth
,
bring out
,
bring to light
,
call forth
,
call out
,
call up
,
chatter
,
claudicate
,
continue
,
crawl
,
creep
,
dawdle
,
deduce
,
defer
,
delay
,
derive
,
dogtrot
,
drag
,
drag along
,
draw
,
draw forth
,
draw out
,
dwell on
,
educe
,
elicit
,
elongate
,
evoke
,
extend
,
fill out
,
get from
,
get out of
,
go dead slow
,
go slow
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hobble
,
hold off
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
idle
,
inch
,
inch along
,
induce
,
jog-trot
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
laze
,
lengthen
,
lengthen out
,
let out
,
limp
,
linger on
,
mosey
,
never finish
,
obtain
,
pad
,
perorate
,
pigeonhole
,
poke
,
poke along
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
procure
,
produce
,
prolong
,
prolongate
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull
,
push aside
,
put aside
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
recess
,
reserve
,
rouse
,
run out
,
saunter
,
secure
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shuffle along
,
sleep on
,
speak at length
,
spin out
,
stagger along
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stimulate
,
strain
,
stretch
,
stretch out
,
string out
,
stroll
,
summon forth
,
summon up
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
tauten
,
temporize
,
tense
,
tighten
,
toddle
,
toddle along
,
totter along
,
traipse
,
waddle
,
waive
,
walk
,
wangle
,
wangle out of
,
winkle out
,
worm
,
worm along
,
worm out
,
worm out of
crucify
collapse
kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
related words >
abuse
,
afflict
,
aggrieve
,
agonize
,
ail
,
bedevil
,
befoul
,
behead
,
bewitch
,
bite
,
blight
,
bloody
,
bother
,
bowstring
,
browbeat
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claw
,
condemn
,
convulse
,
corrupt
,
curse
,
cut
,
damage
,
decapitate
,
decollate
,
defenestrate
,
defile
,
deprave
,
despoil
,
destroy
,
disadvantage
,
disserve
,
distress
,
do a mischief
,
do evil
,
do ill
,
do wrong
,
do wrong by
,
doom
,
electrocute
,
envenom
,
excruciate
,
execute
,
fester
,
fret
,
gall
,
garrote
,
get into trouble
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
guillotine
,
harass
,
harm
,
harrow
,
hex
,
hurt
,
impair
,
impale
,
infect
,
inflame
,
inflict capital punishment
,
inflict pain
,
injure
,
irritate
,
jinx
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
lapidate
,
macerate
,
maltreat
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
menace
,
mistreat
,
molest
,
nip
,
outrage
,
pain
,
persecute
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
punish
,
put to death
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
rip
,
rub
,
savage
,
scarify
,
scathe
,
shoot
,
smite
,
stab
,
sting
,
stone
,
strangle
,
taint
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
violate
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wring
,
wrong
martyr
collapse
one who suffers for the sake of principle
one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
torture and torment like a martyr
kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
angel
,
angel of light
,
angel of love
,
annihilate
,
archangel
,
beatified soul
,
bereave of life
,
bite
,
bloody
,
burn
,
canonized mortal
,
carry away
,
carry off
,
celestial
,
chafe
,
cherub
,
cherubim
,
chloroform
,
claw
,
convulse
,
crucify
,
cut
,
cut down
,
cut off
,
deprive of life
,
destroy
,
dispatch
,
dispose of
,
distress
,
do away with
,
do for
,
do to death
,
end
,
excruciate
,
execute
,
exterminate
,
fester
,
finish
,
finish off
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
heavenly being
,
hurt
,
immolate
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kill
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
launch into eternity
,
liquidate
,
lynch
,
macerate
,
make away with
,
martyrize
,
messenger of God
,
nip
,
object of compassion
,
pain
,
patron saint
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
poison
,
poor devil
,
prey
,
prick
,
principality
,
prolong the agony
,
punish
,
purge
,
put away
,
put down
,
put to death
,
put to sleep
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
recording angel
,
remove from life
,
rip
,
rub
,
sacrifice
,
saint
,
savage
,
saved soul
,
scarify
,
seraph
,
seraphim
,
slay
,
soul in glory
,
stab
,
starve
,
sting
,
sufferer
,
take life
,
take off
,
torment
,
torture
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
victim
,
wound
,
wretch
,
wring
hold off
collapse
resist and fight to a standoff; "Dallas had enough of a lead to hold the Broncos off"
related words >
abstain
,
adjourn
,
be dilatory
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
blench
,
block
,
boggle
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
continue
,
counter
,
cut
,
defer
,
delay
,
demur
,
dismiss
,
dispense with
,
do without
,
drag out
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
extend
,
falter
,
fend
,
fend off
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
forbear
,
forgo
,
gain time
,
hang
,
hang back
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
hang up
,
have qualms
,
hesitate
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold back
,
hold over
,
hold up
,
keep at bay
,
keep back
,
keep in hand
,
keep off
,
lay aside
,
lay by
,
lay over
,
let alone
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
not touch
,
not use
,
obstruct
,
pack off
,
parry
,
pause
,
pigeonhole
,
play for time
,
postpone
,
procrastinate
,
prolong
,
prorogate
,
prorogue
,
protract
,
pull back
,
push aside
,
push back
,
put
,
put aside
,
put back
,
put off
,
put on ice
,
quail
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recess
,
recoil
,
refrain
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
reserve
,
save
,
scruple
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
set aside
,
set by
,
shelve
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sleep on
,
snub
,
spare
,
spurn
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
stand over
,
stave off
,
stay
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop
,
strain
,
stretch out
,
suspend
,
table
,
take a recess
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
,
waive
,
ward off
,
waver
,
wince
fester
collapse
a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus
ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering"
related words >
abscess
,
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
aposteme
,
bed sore
,
bite
,
blain
,
bleb
,
blister
,
boil
,
break up
,
bubo
,
bulla
,
bunion
,
burn
,
canker
,
canker sore
,
carbuncle
,
chafe
,
chancre
,
chancroid
,
chilblain
,
cold sore
,
convulse
,
corrupt
,
crucify
,
crumble
,
crumble into dust
,
cut
,
decay
,
decompose
,
disintegrate
,
distress
,
eschar
,
excruciate
,
fall into decay
,
fall to pieces
,
felon
,
festering
,
fever blister
,
fistula
,
fret
,
furuncle
,
furunculus
,
gall
,
gangrene
,
gathering
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
go bad
,
go to pieces
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
gumboil
,
harrow
,
hemorrhoids
,
hurt
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
irritate
,
kibe
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lesion
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
matter
,
mildew
,
mold
,
molder
,
mortify
,
necrose
,
nip
,
ooze
,
pain
,
papula
,
papule
,
paronychia
,
parulis
,
petechia
,
pierce
,
piles
,
pimple
,
pinch
,
pock
,
polyp
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
pustule
,
put to torture
,
putrefy
,
putresce
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
ripen
,
rising
,
rot
,
rub
,
run
,
scab
,
smoulder
,
soft chancre
,
sore
,
sphacelate
,
spoil
,
stab
,
stigma
,
sting
,
sty
,
suppurate
,
suppuration
,
swelling
,
torment
,
torture
,
tubercle
,
tweak
,
twist
,
ulcer
,
ulcerate
,
ulceration
,
wale
,
weep
,
welt
,
wheal
,
whelk
,
whitlow
,
wound
,
wring
wring
collapse
twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"
twist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid; "wring the towels"
related words >
afflict
,
agonize
,
ail
,
anamorphism
,
anamorphosis
,
asymmetry
,
badger
,
bend
,
bite
,
blackmail
,
bloody
,
buckle
,
burn
,
chafe
,
claim
,
claw
,
concentrate
,
contort
,
contortion
,
convulse
,
corkscrew
,
crinkle
,
crook
,
crookedness
,
crucify
,
crumple
,
cut
,
decoct
,
demand
,
detorsion
,
deviation
,
disproportion
,
distill
,
distort
,
distortion
,
distress
,
essentialize
,
exact
,
exaction
,
excruciate
,
express
,
extort
,
extortion
,
fester
,
force from
,
fret
,
gall
,
give pain
,
gnarl
,
gnaw
,
gouge
,
grate
,
grind
,
gripe
,
harrow
,
hurt
,
imbalance
,
impale
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
infuse
,
intort
,
irregularity
,
irritate
,
kill by inches
,
knot
,
lacerate
,
lancinate
,
levy blackmail
,
lopsidedness
,
macerate
,
martyr
,
martyrize
,
meander
,
melt down
,
nip
,
pain
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
press
,
press out
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
pry loose from
,
punish
,
put to torture
,
quirk
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
refine
,
rend
,
rend from
,
render
,
rending
,
rip
,
rip from
,
ripping
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rub
,
savage
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scallop
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,
screw
,
serpentine
,
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,
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,
soak
,
spring
,
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,
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,
steep
,
sting
,
swirl
,
tear from
,
tearing
,
torment
,
torsion
,
tortuosity
,
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,
try
,
turn
,
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,
tweak
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twine
,
twirl
,
twist
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twist and turn
,
unsymmetry
,
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whorl
,
wind
,
worm
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,
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,
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wringing
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writhe
,
wry
afflict
collapse
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"
cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
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agonize
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ail
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annoy
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
disable
,
disadvantage
,
discomfort
,
disorder
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
do wrong
,
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,
doom
,
draw tears
,
embitter
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
envenom
,
excruciate
,
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,
fret
,
gall
,
get into trouble
,
give pain
,
gnaw
,
grate
,
grieve
,
grind
,
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,
harass
,
harm
,
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,
harry
,
hex
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
infect
,
inflame
,
inflict pain
,
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,
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,
invalid
,
irk
,
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,
jinx
,
kill by inches
,
lacerate
,
lay up
,
load with care
,
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,
martyr
,
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menace
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mistreat
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nip
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,
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,
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,
pain
,
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perturb
,
pester
,
pierce
,
pinch
,
plague
,
play havoc with
,
play hob with
,
poison
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
press
,
prick
,
prolong the agony
,
prostrate
,
put to it
,
put to torture
,
rack
,
rankle
,
rasp
,
reduce
,
rub
,
savage
,
scathe
,
sicken
,
smite
,
sorrow
,
stab
,
sting
,
strike
,
taint
,
threaten
,
torment
,
torture
,
trouble
,
try
,
tweak
,
twist
,
upset
,
vex
,
violate
,
weaken
,
worry
,
wound
,
wreak havoc on
,
wring
,
wrong
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