Afflict and Racking

Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Racking and afflict are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Racking" with "Afflict", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Racking

Racking adjective - Intensely or unbearably painful.
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Synonyms for Racking

Afflict and racking are semantically related in torture topic. Sometimes you can use "Afflict" instead a verb "Racking".

Nearby Words: rack, racked
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