6
trounce(verb, beat, defeat, crush, torment)
6
waste
5
baste(verb, beat, criticize, censure, discipline)
5
belabour
5
canker(noun, verb, ruin, evil, pain)
5
disease(noun, evil, difficulty, burden, stain)
5
excoriate(verb, cut, beat, attack, criticize)
5
flagellum
5
flail(verb, beat, torment, curse, punish)
5
larrup(verb, beat, strike, hide, thrash)
5
misery(noun, trouble, ruin, difficulty, distress)
5
quirt
5
scathe(verb, cut, beat, attack, criticize)
5
strap(noun, verb, beat, push, strike)
5
thump(verb, punishment)
5
visitation(noun, collapse, torment, disaster, catastrophe)
4
Nemesis
4
adversity(noun, difficulty, burden, collapse, woe)
4
bastinado
4
belabor(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overwhelm)
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