1
as in bothers
to cause to go insane or as if insane
the endless swarms of mosquitoes all but maddened the explorers
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as in infuriates
to make angry
her perpetual tardiness maddened her friends to no end
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“Maddens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maddens. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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