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backbreaking

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back·break·ing  (bkbrkng)
adj.
Demanding great exertion; arduous and exhausting.
backbreaker n.
backbreaking [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ]
adj
demanding great effort; exhausting
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Adj.1.backbreaking - characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
arduous, grueling, gruelling, laborious, operose, toilsome, punishing, hard, heavy
effortful - requiring great physical effort
Translations
backbreaking [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] adj (work, task) → massacrante
backbreaking [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] adj (work, task) → massacrante


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