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lash(noun, verb, cut, beat, attack)
30
whip(noun, verb, beat, attack, hurt)
27
flog(verb, beat, attack, hurt, dismiss)
27
plague(noun, verb, trouble, beat, bother)
26
curse(noun, verb, trouble, beat, bother)
25
beat(verb, attack, hurt, dismiss, correct)
23
bane(noun, bother, evil, distress, pain)
22
thrash(verb, beat, attack, criticize, censure)
18
affliction(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, distress)
17
flagellate(verb, beat, crush, strike, thrash)
17
horsewhip(noun, verb, beat, push, torment)
16
calamity(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, burden)
16
cane(noun, verb, beat, defeat, crush)
16
chastise(verb, beat, hurt, defeat, dismiss)
15
birch(noun, verb, beat, defeat, crush)
14
blight(noun, verb, trouble, bother, ruin)
14
castigate(verb, cut, beat, attack, hurt)
14
punish(verb, beat, attack, correct, criticize)
13
terror(noun, torment, plague, blight)
12
evil(noun, stain, decay, magic, adversity)
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