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backbreaking |
1 definition found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: backbreaking adj : characterized by toilsome 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" [syn: {arduous}, {grueling}, {gruelling}, {hard}, {heavy}, {laborious}, {labourious}, {punishing}, {toilsome}]
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