kill by inches
31hurt — Synonyms and related words: Schmerz, abomination, abrade, abrasion, abuse, ache, aches and pains, aching, affect, afflict, afflicted, affront, aggravate, aggravated, aggrieve, aggrieved, agonize, agonized, agony, ail, anguish, anguished, atrocity …
32impale — Synonyms and related words: agonize, auger, bayonet, bite, bloody, bore, broach, claw, convulse, countersink, crucify, dagger, dirk, dismember, draw and quarter, drill, empierce, excruciate, fix, gore, gouge, gouge out, grill, harrow, hole,… …
33inflame — Synonyms and related words: afflict, aggravate, agitate, agonize, ail, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, augment, awake, awaken, bank, bite, blow the coals, blow up, bristle, burn, burn up, call forth, call up, carmine, chafe, conflagrate, convulse …
34irritate — Synonyms and related words: abrade, afflict, affront, agent provocateur, aggravate, agonize, ail, alienate, amplify, anger, annoy, arouse, augment, bite, bother, bristle, bug, build up, burn, burn up, chafe, come between, convulse, crucify, cut,… …
35lacerate — Synonyms and related words: abrade, afflict, agonize, ail, bark, bite, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, convulse, crack, craze, crucify, cut, defoliate, denude, dismember, distress, draw and quarter, excruciate, fester,… …
36lancinate — Synonyms and related words: agonize, bloody, claw, convulse, crucify, excruciate, harrow, impale, kill by inches, lacerate, macerate, martyr, martyrize, punish, rack, rip, savage, scarify, torment, torture, wring …
37macerate — Synonyms and related words: Sanforize, agonize, attenuate, bathe, bloody, brew, chew, claw, consume, convulse, crucify, crush, douche, drench, drouk, dry up, emacerate, emaciate, excruciate, flush, harrow, imbrue, imbue, impale, impregnate,… …
38pain — Synonyms and related words: abscess, ache, aching, afflict, affliction, aggrieve, agonize, agony, ague, ail, anemia, anguish, ankylosis, annoyance, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, assiduousness, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, barb the dart, bite …
39pierce — Synonyms and related words: abrade, affect, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, auger, barb the dart, bark, bayonet, benumb, bite, blemish, bloody, bore, break, broach, bruise, burn, chafe, check, chill, chip, claw, come alive, come home to …
40pinch — Synonyms and related words: abstract, ace, acute pain, afflict, agonize, ail, alternate, alternative, and, annex, apprehend, apprehension, approach, appropriate, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, atom, backup, bag, bare cupboard, bare subsistence …
