bone-crushing
Americanadjective
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powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones.
a bone-crushing handshake.
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extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc..
a bone-crushing mortgage.
Etymology
Origin of bone-crushing
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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And once it expanded to 17 regular-season games in 2021, it became inevitable that people would have to decide between bone-crushing hits and candlelit dinners—that extra game pushed the Super Bowl into the second week of February.
She rushes forward and pulls me in a bone-crushing hug.
From Literature
Bone-crushing hugs must be genetic.
From Literature
Its long, shallow skull indicates it lacked the bone-crushing bite strength of T. rex.
From Science Daily
In the real world, no human could survive the unimaginable heat and bone-crushing pressure, even if there were a vehicle capable of tunneling to the core, Vidale said.
From Los Angeles Times
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