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smart

/smɑːt/
verb
  1. To hurt or sting.

    "After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""

  2. To cause a smart or sting in.

  3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

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