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n.
1) to employ, resort to, use ~
2) to inflict ~ on
3) to subject smb. to ~
4) to undergo ~
5) cruel; plain, sheer; sadistic; severe ~
6) water ~
7) ~ to + int. (it was sheer ~ to listen to her sing = it was sheer ~ listening to her sing)
8) under ~ (he confessed under ~)
II
v. ( D ; tr. ) to ~ into (he was ~d into confessing)