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backbreaker

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back·break·ing  (bkbrkng)
adj.
Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.
backbreaker n.
backbreaker [ˈbækˌbreɪkə]
n
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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The backbreaker came four minutes into the third period, with the Kings trailing 2-0 but playing well.
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A couple of backbreakers should have been broken up, but five at 11 words or less brought down the average nicely.
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Even given the effectiveness of the ground campaign, Halberstam considers the air assault the backbreaker.
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