Exhausting

  • 31tiring out — exhausting, making weary …

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  • 32exhaustive — exhaustive, exhausting Both words are derived from the verb exhaust, but relate to different meanings. Exhaustive relates to the meaning ‘use up the whole of’ (as in exhausting a supply) and means ‘thorough or comprehensive’: • We have all read… …

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  • 33Steam engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …

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  • 34Air New Zealand Flight 901 — Most of the wreckage of Flight 901 remains on the slopes of Mount Erebus. This photo, taken on the 25th anniversary in 2004, shows part of the DC 10 s upper fuselage skin with entry door and cabin windows. Part of the opposite side skin, with… …

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  • 35food preservation — Any method by which food is protected against spoilage by oxidation, bacteria, molds, and microorganisms. Traditional methods include dehydration, smoking, salting, controlled fermentation (including pickling), and candying; certain spices have… …

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  • 36backbreaking — adjective characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort worked their arduous way up the mining valley a grueling campaign hard labor heavy work heavy going spent many laborious hours on the project set a punishing …

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  • 37But Marma Atti — Marma Atti (Malayalam ബുത് മര്മ അദി) is an Indian martial art, which emphasizes exhausting and discouraging an attacker psychologically as well as exhausting him physically. Distinctions Marma Atti is a refined form of a rudimentary self defence… …

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  • 38Compound engine — For compound steam locomotives, see Compound locomotive. Cutaway of triple expansion compound steam engine, 1888 …

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  • 39List of Doctor Who — Doctor Who – Battles in Time is a fortnightly magazine and card game based on the British television series Doctor Who, each issue containing a four page comic story. Occasionally these are stand alone stories but more often they fit into story… …

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  • 40grueling — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arduous, exhausting, strenuous. See exertion, severity. Ant., easy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. exhausting, tiring, fatiguing; see difficult 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. exhausting,… …

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