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"(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress."
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"To strike or cast down; to overthrow."
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"(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow."
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"word": "malĝojigi"
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "bekümmern"
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "הכאיב"
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"roman": "yisér",
"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "ייסר"
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"word": "אמלל"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "afliktar"
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "affliggere"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "whakawhiu"
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "makimaki"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "ngau"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "âzordan",
"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "آزردن"
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dočâr kardan",
"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "دچار کردن"
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"code": "fa",
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"roman": "dâman-gir kardan",
"sense": "to cause pain to",
"word": "دامنگیر کردن"
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"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"roman": "doškuljaty",
"sense": "to cause pain to",
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"word": "дошкуляти"
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