5
sting(verb, trouble, hurt, damage, harm)
5
tap(verb, clear, separate, open, release)
5
wring(verb, trouble, damage, harm, injure)
4
agonize(verb, physical pain)
4
bayonet(verb, enter, wound, stab, knife)
4
bruise(verb, trouble, hurt, damage, harm)
4
burn(verb, trouble, damage, harm, injure)
4
cleave(verb, cut, separate, split, divide)
4
discern(verb, consider, see, note, regard)
4
distress(noun, verb, hurt)
4
excruciate
4
fathom(verb, grasp, understand, divine, comprehend)
4
ferret out(verb, search)
4
fix(verb, sink, surround, enclose, insert)
4
fret(noun, physical pain)
4
gall(noun, physical pain)
4
gnaw(verb, cut, eat, snap, physical pain)
4
grate(noun, physical pain)
4
gripe(pain, physical pain)
4
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