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on stirring up making waves flipping out dashing the hopes of giving someone grief shattering lying lying heavy on preying on hitting hard striking stirring exciting besetting taxing insulting rousing thrilling subjugating lowering suppressing stifling taking the heart out of piercing embittering repulsing chafing excruciating nauseating nettling jarring repelling piquing damaging scarring traumatizing harming bedevilling incommoding bedeviling scaring diminishing squelching smothering keying up turning incapacitating crazing flipping rocking the boat laying up getting on your wick winding up getting across cramping turning on firing up egging on getting someone making a scene niggling fearing stewing sweating taking the wind out of your sails shattering the illusions of dampening the spirits of overcharging mourning causing suffering causing anguish bleeding causing sorrow causing offense lambasting nagging at startling disrespecting slapping overcoming extinguishing curbing defeating 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buttons cutting up weighing on arousing anxiety in doing a number on making it tough for chastening

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