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back·break·ing (b

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adj.

Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.

backbreaker n.

backbreaker [ˈbækˌbreɪkə]

1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Wrestling) a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards

2. Informal an extremely arduous task

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