| ameliorate(verb, calm, soothe, repress, appease) |
| annoy(verb, upset, trouble, disturb, crush) |
| appease(verb, calm, control, cool, restrain) |
| asperse(criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt, rebuke) |
| atone(clear, clean, clarify, cleanse, redeem) |
| attack(verb, beat, hit, strike) |
| attend to(verb, expression, hurt, dismiss, correct) |
| bank the fire(expression, idiom) |
| base(verb, crush, confuse, shame, subdue) |
| baste(verb, criticize, censure, discipline, reprimand) |
| batter(verb, beat, hurt, dismiss, correct) |
| bawl out(verb, expression, criticize, censure, reprimand) |
| beat up(verb, expression, beat, hurt, dismiss) |
| belabor(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overwhelm) |
| belt(verb, beat, defeat, hit, crush) |
| bemean(verb, upset, crush, confuse, shame) |
| birch(verb, beat, defeat, crush, rush) |
| bite(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, disturb) |
| black out(verb, expression, restrain, crush, block) |
| blacklist(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct, harm) |