kill by inches

  • 41prick — Synonyms and related words: aculeus, acuminate, acumination, acute pain, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, auger, barb the dart, be keen, birthmark, bit, bite, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bore, borer, boring pain, brand,… …

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  • 42punish — Synonyms and related words: abuse, admonish, agonize, amerce, avenge, banish, batter, be quits, beat, beat up, birch, bloody, bring to account, bring to book, call to account, cane, cashier, castigate, chasten, chastise, claw, convulse, correct,… …

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  • 43rack — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, Hydromatic, Procrustean bed, adversity, afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, ail, amble, andante, anguish, archives, armory, arsenal, atrocious pain, attic, automatic transmission, bank, barge, basement …

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  • 44rankle — Synonyms and related words: afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, anger, annoy, arouse, be remembered, bite, bother, break up, bristle, burn, canker, chafe, convulse, corrupt, crucify, crumble, crumble into dust, cut, decay, decompose, disintegrate,… …

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  • 45rasp — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, agonize, ail, annoy, bark, belch, bite, blare, blat, bray, burn, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, chafe, chirr, clang, clangor, clank, clash, convulse, craunch, croak, crucify, crump, crunch,… …

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  • 46rip — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, abrade, abrasion, agonize, badger, ball the jack, bark, barrel, blackmail, blemish, bloody, boom, bowl along, breach, break, breakage, breeze, breeze along, broach, brush, burn, burst,… …

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  • 47rub — Synonyms and related words: Discordia, Eris, ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, air dry, anhydrate, annoy, apple of discord, attouchement, bake, bandage, bar, bark, bathe, bite, block, blockade, blot, bone of contention,… …

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  • 48scarify — Synonyms and related words: Vandyke, agonize, assail, attack, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blister, bloody, blotch, brand, castigate, chalk, chalk up, check, check off, chop, cicatrize, claw, convulse, crack, craze, crenellate, crenulate, crimp …

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  • 49stab — Synonyms and related words: Judas kiss, abrade, abrasion, ache, acute pain, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, approach, assay, attempt, auger, barb the dart, bark, bayonet, betray, betrayal, bid, bite, blemish, blind guess, bloody, bold… …

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  • 50sting — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aculeus, acuminate, acumination, affect, afflict, affront, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, astringency, auger, barb the dart, be keen, beat, beesting, beguile of, bilk, bit, bite …

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