3
scarify(verb, cut, attack, criticize, censure)
3
smack(verb, beat, thrash, knock, punishment)
3
tan(verb, beat, crush, strike, rush)
3
thorn
3
thresh(verb, beat, defeat, crush, rush)
3
thwack(verb, punishment)
3
tragedy(disaster, catastrophe, calamity, upheaval, mishap)
3
vexation(noun, bother, evil, distress, burden)
3
visit
2
abuse(verb, hurt, dismiss, correct, harm)
2
agony(noun, distress, pain, misery, suffering)
2
anguish(noun, difficulty, distress, burden, pain)
2
attack(verb, cut, beat, criticize, score)
2
bad news(noun, expression, disaster, calamity, upheaval)
2
bang(verb, punishment)
2
berate(verb, attack, correct, criticize, censure)
2
bother(noun, distress, pain, misery, annoyance)
2
brat
2
bull-whip
2
bullwhip(noun, push, goad, lash, crop)
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