bone-crushing
[ bohn-kruhsh-ing ]
/ ˈboʊnˌkrʌʃ ɪŋ /
adjective
powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.
extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage.
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Origin of bone-crushing
First recorded in 1670–80
Words nearby bone-crushing
bone block, bone canaliculus, bone cell, bone china, bone conduction, bone-crushing, boned, bone density, bone-dry, bone earth, bone felon
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