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irritate

transitive verb irritated, irritating

  1. to excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate
  2. to cause (an organ or part of the body) to be inflamed or sore
  3. Physiol. to excite (an organ, muscle, etc.) to a characteristic action or function by a stimulus

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