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    • irritate :cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
      • Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me|It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

    • irritate :excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
      • Aspirin irritates my stomach

    • irritate :excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
      • irritate the glands of a leaf

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