extreme discomfort

collocation in English

meaningsofextremeanddiscomfort

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extreme
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstriːm/us
/ɪkˈstriːm/
very large in amount ...
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discomfort
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskʌm.fət/us
/dɪˈskʌm.fɚt/
a feeling of being uncomfortable physically or mentally, or something that ...
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(Definition ofextremeanddiscomfortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If wide separation has occurred, a distinctive gap may be felt over the symphysis, palpation of which will causeextremediscomfortand is probably diagnostic.
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The commuter is now paying record fares and sometimes travelling in what we would all agree are conditions ofextremediscomfort.
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He is suffering from bleeding and soreness andextremediscomfortin the stump of his missing leg.
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He cannot take a bath withoutextremediscomfort.
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First, they will continue to live inextremediscomfort.
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Physically, there is oftenextremediscomfortand sickness, pain and various other difficulties.
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Most people in that century found it hard to survive in conditions ofextremediscomfortand pain.
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The victim will wear this suit of clothes withextremediscomfortand must eventually discard it.
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She cannot put her feet on the floor without experiencingextremediscomfort.
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Many services are already saturated at peak hours, to the point where passengers sufferextremediscomfortand the volume of traffic continues to rise.
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It certainly is not: they live inextremediscomfort.
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To achieve greater reductions in speed would requireextremediscomfortbeing employed.
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Why is it necessary for the public as a whole to be subjected toextremediscomfort?
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That is not only a mark of theextremediscomfortof the borrower but a mark of the extreme embarrassment of the lender.
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As a result, they live in conditions ofextremediscomfortand there are cold related illnesses and, unfortunately, deaths.
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Many animals sufferextremediscomfortduring transport and arrive dead or dying at their destination.
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Why do we accept that there should be ill-health, in some cases death and in many casesextremediscomfort from the cold in our houses, which can be avoided?
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When we are risking our servicemen's lives on active service, in conditions ofextremediscomfort, it is appalling that the media on the home front do not support them.
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Then there is the question of delay; a man has to wait months sometimes before he can get into a fitting hospital, and the result isextremediscomfortand annoyance.
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They are positions ofextremediscomfort.
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