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78 entries under verb topic. ×
| trying(adjective, hard, difficult, complex) | |
| chastening(adjective, severe, demanding, exhausting) | |
| disciplining(noun, adjective, penalizing) | |
| penalizing(adjective, penalizing) | |
| chastising | |
| correcting | |
| avenging(adjective, revenging) | |
| castigating(adjective, disciplinary, penal) | |
| fining | |
| imprisoning | |
| incarcerating | |
| agonizing | |
| anguishing | |
| burdening | |
| confining | |
| crucifying | |
| distressing | |
| executing | |
| persecuting | |
| sentencing |
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