excruciating pain

collocation in English

meaningsofexcruciatingandpain

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excruciating
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈskruː.ʃi.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ɪkˈskruː.ʃi.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
extremely ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪn/us
/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofexcruciatingandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But the treatments rarely did more than relieve the symptoms temporarily and often addedexcruciatingpainto the patient's existing debilities.
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Painful sensory neuropathy often causesexcruciatingpainin the foot and lower leg.
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Although both the joy and pain of life are components of living with this disease, it is not an experience of merely simple joy orexcruciatingpain.
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He had suchexcruciatingpainthat he had to lie quite still in his bed.
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A spontaneous hug can causeexcruciatingpain, resulting in tension in the relationship.
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There is no apparatus at the moment that can diagnose accurately the complaint from which our men suffer suchexcruciatingpainand death.
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At its worst, and depending on the type, it can give rise to continuous,excruciatingpain.
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We forget the millions of people who suffer pai—noftenexcruciatingpain—from troubles with their backs or joints in other parts of the body.
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The clot broke off and lodged in the left femoral artery, and she hadexcruciatingpain.
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I had five hours ofexcruciatingpain, much worse than childbirth, then no one talked to me or told me a thing.
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Victims can take minutes to die, or even to lose consciousness, and they struggle to free themselves from theexcruciatingpain.
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They are stories ofexcruciatingpainthat continues for months, but that would disappear in a day following an operation.
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It is obvious that people will only be driven to a dental surgery when they are inexcruciatingpain.
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Because of theexcruciatingpainthat she was experiencing, she managed to raise the money to go into a private hospital.
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The work of curing involved the infliction of mostexcruciatingpain, again and again.
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This devastating condition is often not diagnosed or misdiagnosed, leaving many women sufferingexcruciatingpain.
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The next thing he knew, he was in hospital inexcruciatingpain.
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The thought of having to stand by and watch one of my family inexcruciatingpainwhen there are the facilities there, quite frankly appals me.
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He is in constantexcruciatingpain.
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This inflammation narrows the digestive tract and results inexcruciatingpainduring the digestion process as well as constant uncontrollable bowel movements.
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