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Urticate

To sting with, or as with, nettles; to irritate; to annoy.

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Verb group 2

Nettle 84% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Nettle 84% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bite 76% connected

To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a cru…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Burn 76% connected

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lash 76% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sting 76% connected

Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal stin…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Urtication 74% connected

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Urtication 74% connected

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Nettle 92% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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