bone-crushing

[ bohn-kruhsh-ing ]

/ ˈboʊnˌkrʌʃ ɪŋ /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR bone-crushing ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.

extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage.

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

Example sentences from the Web for bone-crushing

His companion came over to slap him on the back with bone-crushing blows.
Pagan Passions|Gordon Randall Garrett
Conan's left arm was pinioned among the bone-crushing folds, but his right was free.
The People of the Black Circle|Robert E. Howard
Then he was gone, after a bone-crushing handclasp that closed on Jason's hand like vise jaws.
Deathworld|Harry Harrison
They kill the elephants and other big game with it, as certainly as these animals could be slain with bone-crushing rifles.
In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria|Henry Morton Stanley

There are several jute mills, a large flour mill, bone-crushing mills and a brick and tile works.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8|Various

单词	bone-crushing
释义	bone-crushing [ bohn-kruhsh-ing ] / ˈboʊnˌkrʌʃ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bone-crushing ON THESAURUS.COM adjective powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake. extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bone-crushing His companion came over to slap him on the back with bone-crushing blows. Pagan Passions\|Gordon Randall Garrett Conan's left arm was pinioned among the bone-crushing folds, but his right was free. The People of the Black Circle\|Robert E. Howard Then he was gone, after a bone-crushing handclasp that closed on Jason's hand like vise jaws. Deathworld\|Harry Harrison They kill the elephants and other big game with it, as certainly as these animals could be slain with bone-crushing rifles. In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria\|Henry Morton Stanley There are several jute mills, a large flour mill, bone-crushing mills and a brick and tile works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8\|Various Words related to bone-crushing crumbling, grating, crunching, shivering, milling, scraping, rubbing, crushing, smashing, granulating, powdering, disintegrating, eroding, pulverizing
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bone-crushing

adjective

Origin of bone-crushing

Words nearby bone-crushing

Example sentences from the Web for bone-crushing

Words related to bone-crushing