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stinging

/ˈstɪŋɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Having the capacity to sting. · stinging nettles
  2. Precise and hurtful. (figuratively) · a stinging indictment of the American prison system
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But now that her fierce wolves and her wild crows and her stinging bees were gone, and her slaves had been scared away by the Cowardly Lion, she saw there was only one way left to destroy Dorothy and her friends.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 82 · B2

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