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To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
To have a severely detrimental effect on
To cause a profound effect
To be totally absorbed or engrossed by something
To take violent or aggressive action against
To hit or strike with force
To spread or pervade throughout
To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
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To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress
trouble
distress
torment
bother
worry
plague
upset
torture
harass
vex
pain
harrow
oppress
beset
annoy
bedevil
rack
agonise
UK
agonize
US
persecute
irk
irritate
burden
hurt
grieve
pester
harry
wound
curse
excruciate
anguish
ail
strain
try
stress
besiege
exasperate
affect
tax
crucify
smite
martyr
discommode
blight
pursue
grip
press
strike
take
visit
buffet
cause suffering to
cause trouble to
disturb
perturb
bug
sadden
depress
discompose
disquiet
agitate
dismay
hassle
aggrieve
unsettle
perplex
haunt
mortify
fret
hound
fluster
concern
nag
deject
gall
beleaguer
disconcert
unhinge
fuss
faze
weigh down
rattle
gnaw at
dishearten
injure
flurry
crush
molest
alarm
discomfort
dispirit
get to
badger
frazzle
ruffle
provoke
dog
burn up
mistreat
give someone grief
chafe
sting
distemper
aggravate
discourage
displease
cast down
punish
assail
give a hard time
unnerve
maltreat
bum out
abuse
lie heavy on
peeve
tease
discomfit
needle
scourge
cause agony to
demoralize
US
weigh heavily on
offend
frustrate
distract
freak out
shake
weird out
dash
pick on
cause pain to
drive up the wall
pique
rile
derail
hagride
demoralise
UK
daunt
nark
wring
ride
make anxious
devastate
get down
desolate
anger
disgust
confound
confuse
scare
inflict anguish on
inconvenience
miff
bring down
alarum
make wretched
exercise
cause anguish to
make miserable
hack off
undo
discombobulate
attack
prey on
rend
ill-treat
cut to the quick
sicken
nettle
tick off
stir up
wrong
traumatize
US
move
make uneasy
turn off
make despondent
sear
convulse
niggle
tyrannize
US
embarrass
discountenance
beat
hector
tear
tantalize
US
shock
tantalise
UK
throw
frighten
put out
tyrannise
UK
psych
nag at
give a bad time
cause discomfort to
pother
traumatise
UK
spook
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
lacerate
hang over
throw off balance
put off
beat down
prey on your mind
make unhappy
make gloomy
get
harm
grate
rasp
eat
spite
cause pain
frost
gripe
outrage
stab
itch
overwhelm
touch
derange
pierce
brutalize
US
test
taunt
chill
inflame
heckle
break
mither
grind
goad
importune
cow
preoccupy
cut up
interrupt
bite
drain
weary
fear
affront
abash
dampen
nauseate
bend someone's ear
cause discomfort
pinch
repel
chagrin
break the heart of
stretch
rub up the wrong way
sweat
stew
repulse
abase
prick
puzzle
cramp
push
disappoint
break one's heart
get on your nerves
grate on
dampen spirits
appall
US
put a damper on
be painful
appal
UK
despair
take over
indispose
make one's heart bleed
maim
mangle
whip
grind at
get on your wick
hack you off
weigh on
cause concern to
make waves
wind up
eat at
be a burden to
brutalise
UK
debilitate
get across
get at
make uncomfortable
flip out
reduce to tears
turn
cause anguish
psych out
cause anxiety to
make sad
give someone the works
give someone the blues
hurt somebody's feelings
work over
knock sideways
do someone's head in
make desolate
be a great weight on
bedog
face
terrorize
US
excoriate
grizzle
damage
shatter
tangle
terrorise
UK
suppress
rock
occupy
gut
hurt deeply
nonplus
bait
eat away at
suffer
hit hard
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
wrench
martyrize
cut
press down on
obsess
work up
cause disquiet to
muse
labor
US
labour
UK
exhaust
sap
incommode
scar
dun
chasten
strap
nit-pick
entangle
hamper
tear away at
possess
confront
be prey to
throw off
aggress
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
tire
overcharge
squirm
be a burden on
weigh
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
occupy thoughts
make someone scratch their head
roust
put on the rack
be the victim of
knock the wind out of
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
dash the hopes of
accost
terrify
disgruntle
put the squeeze on
be in someone's way
grind on
harsh one's mellow
inflict
push buttons
incapacitate
flip
craze
floor
bewilder
jump on one's case
give the business
fall upon
fall on
rock the boat
make a scene
get someone
fire up
egg on
turn on
lay up
key up
horrify
arouse anxiety in
start in on
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
give the needle
wreck
wreak
befall
impose
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
dish out
take control of
do a number on
make it tough for
be on one's case
tear to shreds
tear to pieces
cause someone distress
disoblige
jar
slight
take the heart out of
grind down
weaken
destroy
discriminate against
infuriate
tire out
wear out
get the knife into
stick the knife into
incense
cause suffering
be hurtful to
cause offense
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
madden
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
revolt
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
enrage
disparage
scold
berate
rankle
ache
give offence to
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
thumb nose at
throb
reproach
revile
domineer
avenge
smart
gravel
override
upbraid
haze
drag
dull
darken
damp
enervate
reluct
run down
dissatisfy
abrade
dominate
enslave
cast a gloom upon
disorder
knock the stuffing out of
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
make someone's heart bleed
make someone fed up
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dash hopes
pour cold water on
break someone's spirit
knock for six
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
descend upon
force upon
tyrannize over
be autocratic
give someone the hump
make someone see red
be tender
rankle with
make sick
be repugnant to
turn stomach
make someone want to throw up
make someone feel nauseous
gross out
make your gorge rise
get your back up
overtax
pressure
overstretch
tense
pressurize
US
get under your skin
be at
descend on
bring down on
twinge
prickle
put your back up
drive bananas
get in your hair
play up
burn
constrain
be a pain in the neck
mix up
unman
be a thorn in someone's side
be sore
bruise
kill
nick
awe
overextend
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
put on trial
make tense
tense up
pressurise
UK
put in traction
crunch
push to the limit
affect badly
overawe
repress
prostrate
droop
leave a mark
impact on
make an impact
disadvantage
impinge on
knock back
leave a mark on
make someone suffer
hit
make downhearted
dampen the spirits of
take the wind out of your sails
dampen someone's hopes
cause to lose hope
cause to lose heart
chivvy
rark
insult
devil
heavy
chivy
browbeat
nudge
bore
impede
cross
hinder
intrude upon
impose on
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make somebody's hackles rise
get on someone's case
antagonize
US
shake up
antagonise
UK
exacerbate
roil
take aback
startle
hump
intimidate
panic
muddle
flummox
get your goat
stun
rub the wrong way
dumbfound
surprise
baffle
put someone off their stroke
embitter
drive mad
get on one's nerves
mystify
excite
drive crazy
addle
tee off
gnaw
disillusion
affright
disaffect
jolt
set someone back on their heels
overcome
stupefy
petrify
drive to distraction
disenchant
fuddle
drive round the bend
put someone's nose out of joint
disorient
get your dander up
make nervous
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
make angry
astound
astonish
be on your back
make your blood boil
sour
ire
try your patience
stagger
enflame
mad
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
put down
bamboozle
befuddle
consternate
put out of countenance
be offensive
put the wind up
bowl over
put someone off their stride
let down
steam up
cause someone to lose their composure
bustle
scandalize
US
drive round the twist
T-off
disarrange
amaze
deter
discontent
overpower
get up someone's nose
get your hackles up
rouse
stir
dump on
paralyse
UK
get across someone
bemuse
incite
fright
paralyze
US
empoison
flabbergast
buffalo
scarify
scandalise
UK
jar on
catch off balance
daze
rattle one's cage
make cross
electrify
fox
hang up
cause to be at a stand
make bitter
make resentful
scare to death
disorientate
give someone the pip
scare the bejesus out of
send into a rage
rattle someone's cage
diss
dis
hurry
disrespect
envenom
whelm
alienate
devitalize
acerbate
make fretful
estrange
swamp
overmaster
deeply upset
zing
bully
unbalance
disrupt
fidget
inflict trauma
foul up
dumfound
cause anxiety
arouse
throw into a tizzy
stump
thunderstrike
stimulate
galvanize
US
numb
be agitated
make self-conscious
give a turn
stop someone in their tracks
fog
maze
greatly upset
upset the applecart
make discontented
galvanise
UK
strike terror into
befog
put in a spot
put on the spot
fill with fear
scare stiff
keep after
jangle
pose
muddy
keep on at
scare the pants off
cheese off
go on at
rub you up the wrong way
wear on
knock over
be offensive to
cause offence to
stick in one's craw
scare someone out of their wits
scare the living daylights out of
set one's teeth on edge
put the fear of God into
fill with loathing
throw a curve
get a rise out of
hit where one lives
throw into a blue funk
make one's hair stand on end
make one's flesh creep
be on the back of
be a thorn in someone's flesh
drive you up the wall
go to your head
blow your mind
try the patience of
frenzy
unquiet
flutter
hustle
quicken
uncouple
make restless
dement
drive insane
uncalm
put on edge
send over the edge
send into a spin
take the wind out
cause to panic
henpeck
bum
unstring
be rude to
hack
snub
ferment
steam
thwart
slur
humiliate
subjugate
lower
rile up
fester
drive nuts
pull the rug from under
dizzy
pull the rug out from under
chide
knock for a loop
balk
US
cavil
slap
work on
push button
heat up
baulk
UK
get even
snit
pet
tiff
huff
knock props out
grill
wear
make awkward
show up
start
ask for it
flap
make flip
bug up
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
abominate
misplease
take by surprise
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
mess
be a nuisance to
catch one short
worst
humble
defeat
get someone's wick
subdue
poison
troll
make a monkey of
put in a hole
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
offend morals of
undermine
eat up
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
set someone's teeth on edge
underwhelm
mess with
push someon's buttons
push one's buttons
arouse hostility in
deflate
make someone's stomach rise
take pains
throw into tizzy
spring on
throw a curveball
be in a tizzy
be worried
knock out
catch unawares
umbrage
dislocate
bear down on
damp down
labour over
work into lather
set off
set on
take a rise out of
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
be in a flap
torque off
throw into a panic
send chills down the spine of
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
wilder
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
lose patience
raise someone's eyebrows
be distasteful to
be displeasing to
play dirty
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
interfere
meddle
enfeeble
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
disempower
inspire panic in
strike terror in
frighten out of your wits
fill with terror
cause to lose your bearings
cripple
tear apart
snow
obfuscate
cast a pall over
jaundice
make punchy
intoxicate
bring up short
inebriate
stymie
lean on
put pressure on
shatter the illusions of
burst bubble
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
make your head spin
mess with one's head
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
ball up
give trouble
make it tough
put to trouble
make rancorous
drive you out of your mind
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
make livid
drive you round the bend
drive you crazy
do in
bring low
hurt the feelings of
snow under
make someone's skin crawl
make someone feel sick
make shudder
give you the creeps
be repulsive to
make flesh crawl
blow up
dampen someone's spirit
down
deplore
drive
disburb
stiff
surprize
scare witless
invigorate
US
inspire
whip up
be nervous
be spooked
give someone goose pimples
chill to the bone
scare away
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
chill to the marrow
give someone the heebie-jeebies
freeze your blood
spur
energize
US
pump up
get the wind up
curdle the blood
be on pins and needles
have ants in one's pants
be like a cat on hot bricks
be antsy
be anxious
scare off
make teeth chatter
throw into a fright
cast a gloom on
blow away
give one the creeps
make one's blood run cold
make someone jump out of their skin
scare someone half to death
juice up
enliven
inspirit
foment
energise
UK
envigorate
UK
trigger
animate
enthuse
liven up
activize
work
jazz up
titillate
strike dumb
make ill
take your breath away
hit like a ton of bricks
disagree
make unwell
be sickening
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
be injurious to
be disturbing
be injurious
strike down
go against the grain
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
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“A vast array of social problems
afflict
a country so recently traumatized by war.”
Verb
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(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
attack
infect
affect
damage
injure
corrupt
devastate
vitiate
cripple
destroy
contaminate
mar
ruin
spoil
annihilate
demolish
impair
ravage
trouble
compromise
impact
overcome
touch
harm
strike
break
influence
perturb
sabotage
taint
upset
defile
occur
pollute
prevail
crush
hurt
overwhelm
poison
blight
debase
impinge
weaken
impact on
impinge upon
prevail over
wear away
shake up
spread to
strike at
strike down
do damage to
play havoc with
take hold of
wreak havoc on
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
foul
run through
spread among
plague
dirty
pervert
debauch
deprave
radioactivate
disease
make impure
make ill
lay low
wreck
destabilize
US
undermine
jeopardize
US
subvert
hinder
tarnish
deteriorate
impoverish
disrupt
debilitate
diminish
devitalize
impede
incapacitate
dismantle
disable
trash
depress
wound
enervate
corrode
blemish
torpedo
batter
shock
scorch
deface
flaw
smash
blast
enfeeble
disfigure
endamage
shatter
inconvenience
bloody
sap
cross up
wither
crab
be detrimental to
put out of commission
mess up
interfere with
cause detriment to
take out
foul up
jeopardise
UK
smash up
throw a monkey wrench into
destabilise
UK
screw up
do harm to
detract from
put out of action
louse up
muck up
rough up
maim
mangle
total
mutilate
scar
sully
vandalize
US
blot
vandalise
UK
deform
bruise
disfeature
threaten
dent
reduce
lame
ding
queer
desecrate
stain
prejudice
scratch
shake
distort
put the kibosh on
abuse
wrong
traumatize
US
scupper
thwart
scotch
undo
gut
lessen
despoil
besmirch
erode
invalidate
traumatise
UK
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
uglify
smirch
indispose
disgrace
hit
contuse
blunt
scathe
worsen
warp
cheapen
tweak
decrease
disserve
maltreat
hamstring
soil
discredit
wing
maul
blow
degrade
crack
wrench
shame
hospitalize
US
raze
dishonour
UK
blacken
make useless
dishonor
US
knock
have a bad effect on
hamper
make a mess of
invalid
hospitalise
UK
play merry hell with
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
waste
be deleterious to
violate
drive a nail into the coffin of
drag through the mud
knock out
make unattractive
make ugly
molest
annoy
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
have a negative effect on
endanger
devalue
clip
mangulate
botch
imperil
foil
contort
befoul
dilapidate
misshape
frustrate
cut
bastardize
US
nick
graze
obliterate
bend
devaluate
sour
color
US
colour
UK
cramp
unfit
disqualify
bodge
detract
cost
emasculate
lay up
score
scrape
pull the rug out from under
canker
abase
dismember
disfashion
consume
be a blot on the landscape
twist
hash up
lose strength
shoot down
put at risk
disempower
put a damper on
massacre
gimp
castrate
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
whittle
lower
depreciate
demean
shrink
sandbag
put on the sick list
hog-tie
negate
restrict
bankrupt
eat away
result in damage to
lead to the end of
bastardise
UK
limit
whittle away
take the edge off
sap the strength of
stifle
pillage
plunder
sack
pull down
lacerate
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
discolour
UK
gnaw
rust
discolor
US
desolate
depredate
bleach
fade
stab
spoliate
rain on someone's parade
bang up
tamper with
pinion
hock
handicap
dash
nix
banjax
crool
euchre
cruel
squash
smear
deliver a blow to
stigmatize
US
blow a hole in
do for
brand
bring to naught
defame
take apart
balls up
prostrate
slander
exhaust
darken
malign
slur
stigmatise
UK
tar
weary
tire
libel
denigrate
disparage
drain
immobilize
US
soften
fatigue
etiolate
cast a slur
censure
encumber
extenuate
knacker
attenuate
torpefy
eviscerate
besmear
blot your copybook
give a bad name
asperse
scandalize
US
unstrengthen
immobilise
UK
muckrake
make feeble
do in
confine to a wheelchair
make weak
confine to bed
render infirm
wear out
disrespect
scandalise
UK
bring shame upon
drag through the mire
bring discredit to
sling mud at
fling mud at
bring shame on
mistreat
anguish
agonise
UK
agonize
US
misuse
discommode
incommode
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
ill-treat
put down
lash out at
trample on
cause pain to
ill-use
treat roughly
cause injury to
pick on
do violence to
lay a finger on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have a severely detrimental effect on
blight
ruin
mar
destroy
spoil
wreck
damage
devastate
injure
impair
shatter
scotch
sabotage
crush
demolish
dash
scupper
disfigure
undo
banjax
annihilate
trash
nix
dish
queer
scar
taint
cruel
disrupt
euchre
frustrate
crool
stain
end
prevent
quash
quell
stymie
nullify
decay
mess up
foul up
louse up
screw up
make a mess of
blow a hole in
play havoc with
put the kibosh on
bring to naught
put an end to
do in
put paid to
bring to an end
put a stop to
make a hash of
put a damper on
put the lid on
glitch up
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
vitiate
harm
defile
blemish
tarnish
hurt
debase
poison
compromise
deface
pollute
corrupt
break
smash
ravage
sully
undermine
contaminate
cripple
torpedo
endamage
total
flaw
dirty
soil
infect
blast
desecrate
blot
befoul
crab
foul
wreak havoc on
bloody
cross up
desolate
waste
do for
raze
besmirch
mangle
adulterate
weaken
decimate
blow
pervert
vandalize
US
deprave
upset
smirch
touch
despoil
degrade
maim
darken
pulverize
US
warp
nuke
overwhelm
vandalise
UK
defeat
subvert
deform
pulverise
UK
deteriorate
disfeature
vaporize
US
cream
overturn
vaporise
UK
sink
thwart
muck up
pull down
tear down
rub out
wipe out
cheapen
alloy
foil
debauch
distort
mutilate
hinder
blacken
uglify
prejudice
disable
gut
lessen
profane
jeopardize
US
scratch
wrack
wound
extinguish
violate
botch
rough up
ruinate
shake up
lay waste
cloud
jeopardise
UK
be detrimental to
bring to ruin
bring down
lay in ruins
diminish
bruise
bastardize
US
debilitate
impede
abase
demean
smear
threaten
ding
tweak
enfeeble
enervate
worsen
reduce
destabilize
US
muddy
disgrace
invalidate
canker
dilapidate
crack
overshadow
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
radioactivate
dent
knock
muller
impoverish
make useless
dismantle
batter
spread to
run through
corrode
ravish
tar
bodge
overthrow
scorch
bust
bastardise
UK
make impure
spread among
make unattractive
wear away
make filthy
smash up
balls up
make ugly
do damage to
destabilise
UK
level
cause detriment to
wreak havoc with
reduce to nothing
put out of action
put out of commission
dilute
plague
blitz
lower
depreciate
disfashion
endanger
bend
topple
affect
contort
finish
detract
imperil
misshape
mess
prostitute
incapacitate
depress
devitalize
destruct
tumble
demoralize
US
bring about the downfall of
neutralize
US
obliterate
fester
be the ruination of
shock
inconvenience
wither
sap
negate
break up
trouble
lay waste to
neutralise
UK
cook someone's goose
upset the applecart
impact
overcome
interfere with
take out
detract from
strike
sour
color
US
colour
UK
demoralise
UK
put the skids under
doctor
spike
begrime
perturb
influence
write off
flatten
chasten
fell
smite
chastise
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
stigmatize
US
do harm to
be prejudicial to
put at risk
be disadvantageous to
scourge
crud up
occur
prevail
discredit
brand
deplete
throw a monkey wrench into
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cost
be deleterious to
water down
shame
check
cancel out
impinge
make of no use or value
render ineffective
baulk
UK
splash
besmear
baffle
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
knock down
leave in ruins
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
muck
gaum
mire
distain
spatter
grime
bemire
smudge
daub
strike down
strike at
circumvent
devalue
pillage
balk
US
litter
take hold of
attack
abuse
lacerate
maltreat
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
discolour
UK
scathe
gnaw
wrong
rust
discolor
US
plunder
blunt
toxify
infest
sack
stigmatise
UK
explode
disappoint
bleach
fade
stab
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
spot
cast gloom over
confound
decrease
burst
bang up
tamper with
cast a slur
pop
bilk
depredate
devaluate
unfit
disqualify
spoliate
rattle
drag through the mud
play merry hell with
deliver a blow to
drive a nail into the coffin of
make dirty
bring a note of sadness to
cast a gloom upon
blot your copybook
give a bad name
lose strength
dampen
blow up
chill
squash
wrack up
disease
bring to nought
burst bubble
cast a pall over
take apart
take the fun out of
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
cast a shadow over
envelop in gloom
maul
erode
gash
cut
scrape
hit
torture
nick
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
mark
twist
buckle
graze
score
mangulate
traumatize
US
risk
consume
shake
hazard
menace
peril
expose
jeopard
adventure
eradicate
venture
wrench
malform
screw
incise
abolish
rend
traumatise
UK
put in jeopardy
gamble with
expose to danger
be a danger to
leave vulnerable
pose a threat to
put in danger
squinch
fracture
eliminate
notch
gnarl
cleave
rive
chip
rupture
exterminate
wear down
hamper
handle roughly
prostrate
trample
efface
chance
mistreat
snick
molest
manhandle
dismember
hamstring
mishandle
slash
rip
bully
take its toll
slit
disempower
sever
bust up
hack
disturb
knot
gouge
persecute
beat
wince
skew
limit
abrade
tear apart
fragment
victimize
US
have a bad effect on
shred
have a negative effect on
bow
cancel
victimise
UK
punish
erase
claw
crash
wing
contuse
expunge
ill-treat
treat badly
extirpate
beat up
treat roughly
knock about
do over
vilify
denigrate
cut open
liquidate
kick around
knock around
mess over
dash to pieces
lay open
lay on the line
make unclean
crack up
leave defenseless
put someone's life on the line
annoy
interrupt
clip
terminate
dispatch
misuse
be a blot on the landscape
cramp
prang
crumple
lame
annul
mash
block
emasculate
hash up
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
bollix
kill
jeopardy
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
neglect
suppress
abort
obstruct
pull the rug out from under
make misshapen
distort the shape of
restrict
bankrupt
break down
burn out
sandbag
whittle
shrink
unsettle
massacre
gimp
castrate
intrude on
shipwreck
bend out of shape
ill-use
disserve
eat away
dump on
do mischief to
stifle
hog-tie
distress
be careless with
subject to loss
make liable
chip away
pierce
strike at the foundations
knock out
whittle away
shoot down
have a negative impact on
knock for six
snap
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
pile up
tear up
cut to ribbons
ribbon
cut to pieces
jigsaw
take the edge off
sap the strength of
do a number on
blotch
blaspheme
pound
subject to
stake
expose to risk
tempt fate
put on the line
leave unprotected
curb
streak
fissure
craze
bother
worry
pain
rain on someone's parade
knock the stuffing out of
imprint
splotch
sunder
outrage
pockmark
pit
impress
insult
havoc
overrun
dot
splodge
treat sacrilegiously
put out
cause pain to
work over
pummelled
UK
cause injury to
slice
torment
harrow
agonize
US
treat with disrespect
commit sacrilege
oppress
splinter
chew up
infringe
commit sacrilege against
blaspheme against
stroke
chalk
blaze
ink
breach
X
pummel
US
slap
spank
belt
flog
pommel
slug
whack
lash
pinch
punch
flail
whip
wreak havoc
encroach on
agonise
UK
harass
assault
spall
lance
detonate
puncture
rip up
place a limit on
roughhouse
break apart
knife
butcher
split asunder
break open
dynamite
break into
curve
jag
blow away
raze to the ground
blow sky-high
blow to pieces
savage
arch
flex
serrate
wrinkle
kink
cut up
bung up
dissolve
crumble
implicate
make crooked
wind
turn
become curved
become deformed
change
become crooked
make curved
crook
go out of shape
swerve
become distorted
deviate
become misshapen
be violent toward
decompose
nibble
exhaust
bite
melt
liquefy
dissipate
fret
eat
place in danger
burn through
bite into
waste away
bite at
burn into
gnaw away
wear through
put under suspicion
sell out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause a profound effect
impact
affect
alter
change
abate
determine
govern
modify
shape
transform
decide
reshape
exert influence
have an effect
have an influence
make an impression
touch
work
agitate
bias
impress
move
reach
bear on
bear upon
touch on
weigh into
influence
sway
strike
impact on
have an effect on
manipulate
faze
control
inspire
tell on
exert influence on
work on
have an impact on
condition
overwhelm
prejudice
upset
hit
stir
slant
form
overcome
throw
colour
UK
guide
get to
hit hard
act on
mold
US
induce
bend
color
US
strike at
impress on
mould
UK
shake up
make an impression on
emotionally move
prevail over
dictate
forecast
distort
twist
warp
angle
garble
taint
stretch
doctor
persuade
skew
turn
steer
sell
convert
incline
convince
motivate
jaundice
prompt
nobble
predispose
crack
hook
brainwash
carry
conduct
bring round
suck in
prevail on
lead by the nose
soften up
win over
twist one's arm
talk round
put across
turn one's head
exert an influence on
disturb
perturb
trouble
grieve
concern
hurt
distress
damage
attack
involve
infect
sadden
pain
devastate
shake
relate
take hold of
prevail
impinge
bowl over
regard
interest
mark
knock back
knock for six
impinge upon
tug at your heartstrings
go to your head
turn someone's head
direct
regulate
fashion
rule
model
lead
design
constrain
codetermine
jockey
have a bearing on
underlie
style
directionalize
dispose
shepherd
interact with
arouse
be a factor in
order
channel
instigate
have a part in
rouse
talk into
bring to bear
carry weight
train
pull strings
argue into
get at
act upon
be recognized
seduce
pattern
categorise
UK
decorate
copy
emulate
imitate
categorize
US
follow
define
develop
produce
create
frame
adapt
make
construct
devise
remodel
build
grow
chart
choreograph
become
map out
lay out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be totally absorbed or engrossed by something
swamp
consume
preoccupy
engross
obsess
engulf
immerse
devour
absorb
busy
engage
involve
occupy
bedevil
plague
bury
enthral
UK
enthrall
US
overwhelm
overcome
trouble
rack
harrow
torture
eat up
swallow up
enrapture
enmesh
throw
hook
lose
affect
connect
assimilate
mire
fascinate
hold
arrest
captivate
rivet
intrigue
interest
grip
mesmerize
US
fix
entrance
fill
fixate
spellbind
enwrap
monopolize
US
divert
transfix
bemuse
beguile
amuse
distract
entertain
bewitch
charm
hold your attention
monopolise
UK
mesmerise
UK
Verb
▲
To take violent or aggressive action against
strike
attack
assault
assail
invade
charge
descend
pounce
rush
smite
storm
trash
aggress
beset
raid
sic
sick
bushwhack
devastate
hit
descend on
descend upon
pounce on
pounce upon
set upon
fall on
jump on
launch an attack
make an assault
make an attack
set on
fall upon
lay into
turn on
deal a blow
deal a blow to
go in on
tear into
blitz
ambush
fly at
swoop on
besiege
light into
jump
sally
go at
pitch into
let fly at
launch an attack on
launch oneself at
round on
make an assault on
capture
mug
march into
overwhelm
infiltrate
bombard
penetrate
strike at
have at
lash out at
make a raid on
attempt to capture
beat up
beat up on
take by storm
set at
dive
leap
spring
fire on
take down
surge over
bound
surge
dash
bust
lunge at
go for
spring on
advance on
hit out at
lace into
run at
get stuck into
wade into
work over
make an onslaught on
set about
let someone have it
come at
have a go at
overrun
hurt
fight
batter
harm
overcome
belabour
UK
blast
terrorize
US
accost
terrorise
UK
charge at
blindside
harry
scramble
maltreat
impugn
smash
take
cook
blister
belabor
US
encounter
shoot down
torpedo
bomb
open fire on
weigh into
sail into
sortie
set in on
make a foray on
make a sortie on
surge into
go in
conduct an offensive on
take on
surprise
waylay
march on
foray into
sally forth
make inroads on
swoop down upon
turn to violence
lay siege to
thrust
hold up
lurch
drive
burst
launch oneself
pitch
swing
lunge
move suddenly
make for
secure
conquer
launch at
give someone a beating
spring at
go after
rush upon
duff up
beat the living daylights out of
rush at
rough up
breach
swoop
pillage
dart
drop
advance
seize
infringe
plunder
leap on
maraud
dive at
bound at
ravage
combat
strafe
encroach
occupy
swoop down on
drop down on
shell
fire at
begin hostilities
begin an assault
take the offensive
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hit or strike with force
smite
strike
knock
hit
smack
thump
beat
pound
punch
slap
clout
cuff
sock
bash
clobber
crack
swat
thwack
wallop
bang
belt
box
rap
hammer
slug
swipe
thrash
whack
biff
bop
buffet
slam
bat
bludgeon
bob
bonk
bust
clap
clip
clock
nail
paste
slog
tag
whale
zap
attack
blast
hang one on
pummel
US
batter
pummelled
UK
slosh
boff
deck
drub
lambaste
dong
welt
tan
quilt
lam
whip
smash
flog
pelt
whomp
lick
belabor
US
belabour
UK
lay one on
swinge
whop
lash
let someone have it
lay into
stick one on
birch
knock into the middle of next week
club
cudgel
baste
lace into
dot
chin
assault
switch
work over
rain blows on
rough up
thud
hide
give someone a good hiding
paddle
thresh
lace
pitch into
lather
floor
crown
whap
give someone a hiding
maul
beat the living daylights out of
slate
tonk
pommel
spank
lambast
whup
light into
blow
tromp
tap
fib
curry
pop
do
plug
wham
bung up
punch out
mess up
give someone a beating
give someone a drubbing
give someone a good beating
bump
give someone a good drubbing
knock around
skelp
cane
jab
ding
larrup
king-hit
hook
chop
thrust
drive
beat up
do over
knock about
injure
abuse
crash
flail
scourge
ram
brutalize
US
sucker-punch
welly
wound
punish
brutalise
UK
aim blows at
mistreat
maltreat
pat
conk
brain
torture
assail
cosh
impel
clump
forge
draw
molest
trash
torment
strap
drum
lob
crucify
stripe
bushwhack
zonk
box someone's ears
hit hard
mangle
lacerate
maim
tear into
weigh into
set on
fall upon
beat up on
KO
set upon
give someone the works
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
ill-treat
pounce upon
catch
hack
spike
sock it to
roughhouse
manhandle
stroke
haymaker
fillip
impact
impinge
collide
persecute
poke
duke
thump on
knock on
bear down
hurt
chip
impair
swing
bam
scud
crush
blip
mash
trounce
lash out
hit for six
hit out
concuss
stun
skull
bruise
give someone a hot bottom
swing at
lash out at
break
lay a finger on
clonk
put over one's knee
make someone feel the back of one's hand
take out
plant one
hit out at
uppercut
bean
contuse
pick
plump
stinger
bombard
land a punch
kick
stone
pellet
flax
percuss
dab
blitz
whang
hit over the head
hit on the head
jump
mug
martyr
let have it
rain blows upon
martyrize
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
sail into
have a go at
set about
get stuck into
slap around
come down on
physically attack
go for
jump down one's throat
haul off on
give a black eye
malleate
put on the rack
leather
flagellate
sink
plunge
horsewhip
slash
cowhide
stab
send
rawhide
flay
dig
screw
push
run
propel
stick
butt
jackhammer
dash
twack
invade
pounce
descend
charge
storm
rush
beset
aggress
sic
sick
raid
devastate
turn on
jump on
descend on
make an assault
make an attack
launch an attack
descend upon
deal a blow to
deal a blow
go in on
pounce on
fall on
collide with
run into
crash into
bump into
bang into
smash into
plough into
slam into
dash against
crack into
crack against
be in collision with
harm
meet head-on
shell
smack into
bully
mishandle
fire at
chastise
bomb
knock into
fire on
peck
open fire on
cannonade
jar
treat badly
kick around
handle roughly
mess over
boot
punt
blitzkrieg
misuse
barrage
carom
tan one's hide
let fly at
crash against
ill-use
ping
drive into
knock against
treat roughly
jog
clatter
strafe
torpedo
pulverize
US
sideswipe
graze
wrong
damage
fustigate
bunt
wax
clash
glance
shoot
victimize
US
ferule
pulverise
UK
besiege
fusillade
blooter
whip someone's hide
dropkick
cannon into
victimise
UK
clash with
be hurled
round on
put the boot in
strike out
bash into
fire upon
put the boot into
cut up
shake up
open fire
shoot down
strike with the foot
beak
whammy
shove
defeat
hit repeatedly
contact
clunk
fill in
elbow
jerk
shake
whisk
thunder
stomp
bullwhip
thong
quirt
castigate
lunge
blackjack
oppress
yerk
tan someone's hide
wear out
flop
flutter
flap
jolt
handle
slipper
paddlewhack
stumble
light
clomp
stamp
whump
plunk
flump
prod
bang against
take a strap to
crunch
mar
harass
duff up
strike head-on
savage
pepper
dust someone's britches
warm someone's seat
connect with
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
punish severely
battle
jostle
give the cat o'nine tails
come into collision
misemploy
give black eye
prostitute
outrage
tip
palpate
barrel into
thunderstrike
trim
give someone a licking
put someone over your knee
warm someone's bottom
total
ruin
launch
catapult
beat hollow
beat to a pulp
brush
knock down
assault physically
head-butt
come into collision with
shoot at
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
calcitrate
hit lightly
take a swing
fire
knock over
get at
clank
clang
placekick
dribble
strike lightly
touch
slap lightly
knock someone's lights out
do up
beat someone's brains out
gun
snipe
kick off
give the foot
rattle
lay about
thrash about
flail around
bounce
glance off
pot
jangle
rebound
flick
snap
gun down
open fire at
ricochet
grate
prang
grind
make contact with
skip
skim
neglect
heave
drop-kick
kick out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To spread or pervade throughout
transfuse
permeate
suffuse
pervade
fill
infuse
interpenetrate
bathe
diffuse
imbue
penetrate
saturate
steep
tinge
cover
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To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
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ail
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suffer with
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have gone down with
break out with
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be troubled with
have trouble with
fall prey to
be dogged by
be overcome by
be bedevilled by
fall ill to
come down
be seized
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take to your bed
fall ill
take sick
cultivate
form
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