as in ached
to feel or cause physical pain
the injection only smarted for a moment
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The boy was not seriously hurt when the man threw him to the ground, but he was taken to a local hospital and later released.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
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What’s going to hurt us probably is the property tax situation.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 July 2025
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“Smarted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarted. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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