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backbreaker

/ˈbækˌbreɪ.kə/

/ˈbækˌbreɪ.kɚ/

Translations

backbreakernoun

backbreakers

/ˈbækˌbreɪ.kə/

/ˈbækˌbreɪ.kɚ/

тяжёлая работа

The construction job was a real backbreaker.

Строительная работа была настоящей тяжёлой работой.

тяжёлый труд

Harvesting the crops was a backbreaker for the farmers.

Сбор урожая был тяжёлым трудом для фермеров.

Additional translations

изнурительная работа

непосильная задача

Synonyms

backbreakeradjective

/ˈbækˌbreɪkə/

/ˈbækˌbreɪkər/

Attributive use of the noun to modify another noun (‘backbreaker job’, ‘backbreaker schedule’).

Synonyms

Definitions

backbreakernoun

A task or job that is very hard and physically demanding.

The construction work was a real backbreaker, leaving everyone exhausted by the end of the day.

A wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted and dropped onto the wrestler's knee, causing pain to the back.

The wrestler executed a perfect backbreaker, leaving his opponent writhing in pain on the mat.

backbreakeradjective

Extremely arduous or physically taxing (used attributively).

It was a backbreaker assignment that pushed the team to its limits.