Rack and Try

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Rack verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: the young man was racked with guilt over the lie he had told to his parents

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Try is a synonym for rack in torture topic. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Rack".

Nearby Words: racked, racking

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

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Rack is a synonym for try in bother topic. Sometimes you can use "Rack" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

good	good rack	good try
nice	nice rack	nice try
common	common rack	common try
complete	complete rack	complete try
Other adjectives: obnoxious, entire, big, huge, decent, new.

people	rack people	try people
time	rack time	try time

In Red Dwarf, Arnold Rimmer and his three brothers were abused by their father in various ways; the most severe of them was the use of a rack to try to accelerate their growth.

Source: Abusive Parents / Live-Action TV
MacGyvering: Chappie builds an improvised rig out of a neural helmet, several computers and a rack of Playstations to try and get his consciousness out of his body.

Source: Film / Chappie
In "Nightmare Hospital" Steven and Connie try to hide Rose's sword by disguising it as a coat rack.

Source: Reality Ensues / Western Animation

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