Usually means: Intensify pain through deliberate action.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (twist the knife in the wound)

verb:  Alternative form of twist the knife [(informal, figuratively) To deliberately do or say something to worsen a difficult situation or increase a person's distress, irritation, or anger.]

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