shooting painsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈʃuː.tɪŋ ˌpeɪnz/us/ˈʃuː.t̬ɪŋ ˌpeɪnz/sudden severe pains that move through the body:
I get shooting pains up my spine whenever I try to move.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
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- painfully
- painless
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- racking
- suffering
- tender
- throb
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