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Trenchant :: Trenchant (v. t.) Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit..

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination..

Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..

Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Reproach :: Reproach (v.) The act of reproaching; censure mingled with contempt; contumelious or opprobrious language toward any person; abusive reflections; as, severe reproach..

Pungent :: Pungent (v. t.) Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.

Gird :: Gird (n.) A stroke with a rod or switch; a severe spasm; a twinge; a pang.

Tyrannous :: Tyrannous (a.) Tyrannical; arbitrary; unjustly severe; despotic.

Scleragogy :: Scleragogy (n.) Severe discipline.

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..

Violent :: Violent (a.) Moving or acting with physical strength; urged or impelled with force; excited by strong feeling or passion; forcible; vehement; impetuous; fierce; furious; severe; as, a violent blow; the violent attack of a disease..

Tetany :: Tetany (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms..

Ecraseur :: Ecraseur (n.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To whip severely; to lash.

Austere :: Austere () Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

Severance :: Severance (n.) The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.

Lesson :: Lesson (n.) A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.

Stark :: Stark (n.) Severe; violent; fierce.

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