straining

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  1. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  2. strenuous
    taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
  3. strain
    exert much effort or energy
  4. distortion
    a shape resulting from being deformed
  5. overrefinement
    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
  6. torture
    infliction of suffering to punish or obtain information
  7. twisting
    marked by repeated turns and bends
Created on Thu Jan 06 13:03:14 EST 2011

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