| blight(harm, spoil, injure, deterioration) | |
| burn(verb, break, hurt, bother, ruin) | |
| chew the cud(expression, idiom) | |
| convulse | |
| crucify | |
| excruciate | |
| feed(verb, food, browse, crop) | |
| file | |
| gnaw at | |
| grate | |
| hector(verb, trouble, bother, annoy, provoke) | |
| kill by inches(expression, idiom) | |
| lacerate(verb, break, cut, hurt, ruin) | |
| mumble | |
| nettle(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb) | |
| peeve(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb) | |
| pinch(verb, cut, eat, snap, physical pain) | |
| prick(annoy, irritate, nettle, physical pain) | |
| prolong the agony(expression, idiom) | |
| put to torture(expression, idiom) |
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