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“spiting”
spite, spites; spited; spiting (verbs)
To deliberately annoy, upset, or to hurt someone: "The daughter dropped the plates on the floor while she was washing the dishes to spite her mother for not letting the girl go to the dance."
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spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
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