What is the meaning of bedevil?

Treat cruelly.
- usage: "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- synonyms: torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate
Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.
- usage: "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
- synonyms: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, confound, discombobulate

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