12
torment(noun, verb, trouble, beat, ruin)
11
disaster(noun, trouble, ruin, burden, misery)
11
misfortune(noun, difficulty, burden, collapse, torment)
10
lambaste(verb, cut, beat, attack, criticize)
10
penalty(noun, torment, punishment, plague, blight)
10
pestilence(noun, bother, stain, torment, annoyance)
10
switch(noun, verb, beat, hurt, dismiss)
9
discipline(verb, beat, hurt, dismiss, correct)
9
hit(verb, beat, attack, criticize, reprimand)
9
pest(noun, trouble, person, bother, ruin)
9
punishment(noun, torment, plague, blight, bane)
9
smite(verb, punishment, inexpedience)
9
strike(verb, beat, attack, crush, criticize)
8
cancer(noun, evil, pain, magic, adversity)
8
catastrophe(noun, adversity, calamity, affliction, bale)
8
chasten(verb, beat, hurt, defeat, dismiss)
8
correction(noun, torment, punishment, plague, blight)
8
pummel(verb, beat, attack, criticize, censure)
8
ravage(noun, verb, cold, wave, plague)
8
spank(verb, beat, hurt, defeat, dismiss)
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