4
wring(verb, trouble, hurt, bother, damage)
3
baste(verb, beat, separate, criticize, censure)
3
berate(verb, attack, correct, criticize, censure)
3
bite(noun, verb, upset, trouble, disturb)
3
buffet(verb, break, force, beat, drive)
3
chafe(noun, verb, upset, disturb, annoy)
3
consume(verb, drink, swallow, eat, wolf)
3
damage(verb, trouble, harm, injure, impair)
3
dismiss(verb, discipline, chastise, penalize)
3
electrocute
3
excommunicate(verb, attack, abuse, condemn, denounce)
3
get even(verb, expression, get, hurt, settle)
3
keelhaul
3
kill by inches(expression, idiom)
3
knock(verb, break, force, beat, attack)
3
lecture(verb, discipline, chastise, penalize)
3
martyr(verb, upset, annoy, kill, injure)
3
oppress(verb, discipline, torment, persecute, chastise)
3
put down(verb, expression, upset, attack, criticize)
3
rack(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, bother)
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