painmaking
Collocations
5ADJ.
mental, numbing, precious, pseudo-legal, real, replaced, violent
VERB + PAINMAKING
painstaking
PAINMAKING + NOUN
drugs, hours, movements
PREP.
on
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Alternative form of pain-making.
Moreover, the evil spirit was angry because his time had been so short and because of the painmaking violent movements and casting his body about.
New techniques, such as painmaking drugs; pseudo-legal dodges, such as incommunicado detention and "disappearances"; ancient scenarios, such as children forced to watch the :orture of their mothers — these practices have spread rapidly around the world.
noun
Alternative form of pain-making.
Painmaking has replaced lawmaking.
Spawned healthy seeds, seizure, sporadical spasm of numbing habit of painmaking, face the real pain, scorching painful pang.
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6Moreover, the evil spirit was angry because his time had been so short and because of the painmaking violent movements and casting his body about.
WiktionaryNew techniques, such as painmaking drugs; pseudo-legal dodges, such as incommunicado detention and "disappearances"; ancient scenarios, such as children forced to watch the :orture of their mothers —
WiktionaryInside the prison, the chosen few readied themselves to leave their place of incarceration for three precious, painstaking, painmaking hours on the town.
WiktionaryPainmaking has replaced lawmaking.
WiktionarySpawned healthy seeds, seizure, sporadical spasm of numbing habit of painmaking, face the real pain, scorching painful pang.
WiktionaryTorch the land, insert a queer talent for painmaking, mental anguishizing.
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