Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.
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One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.
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Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.
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One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
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Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.
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One who harasses.
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A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.
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One who pesters or harasses.
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One who tantalizes.
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.
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One who persecutes, or harasses.
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One who teases or vexes.
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One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.
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