backbreaking
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Synonyms
arduous, Augean, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill
Antonyms
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
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Spraying fields with pesticides and fertilizers, the drones -- which can cover up to 60 acres a day -- could boost crop yields, save time and make backbreaking field work much easier, according to Bug Away. — Sarah Lazarus And Dan Tham, CNN, "Will drones transform farmers' lives in Thailand?," 3 July 2019 Facing the possibility of major defections, a roster implosion or a backbreaking salary cap position, Brand tap-danced his way through the minefield in impressive fashion. — Ben Golliver, The Denver Post, "76ers emerge from inventive free agency as true contenders," 3 July 2019 Unable to afford any other kind of fishing, Theophile ended up going into the nearby cane fields, taking the backbreaking work of processing sugar. — Alec Jacobson, National Geographic, "Fishermen fight to survive on the world's second largest lake," 3 May 2019 During the sawmill days of summer and the backbreaking task of winter logging, lumberjacks may find their work a chore and a bore. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "The Lost Art of Floating Logs Down the River," 16 Feb. 2019 With Warriors Cleveland has continued to keep pace with Golden State, not letting what could be a backbreaking play, like Nick Young managing to score off an inbound pass with just 1.5 seconds left on the shot clock, break their spirit. — Benjamin Hoffman And Marc Stein, New York Times, "N.B.A. Finals: Warriors Survive Supermanās Best Punch in Game 1," 1 June 2018 Tiny homes are popular, especially because clearing larger lots is such a backbreaking process: Aside from having to gouge out holes for septic systems, homeowners must constantly battle back the jungle that closes in, fire ants in tow. — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, "It will be months before lava from Hawaii volcano can be removed from neighborhoods," 17 May 2018 For decades, agriculture in California has relied on immigrant workers, many of them here without legal status, for its most backbreaking tasks. — latimes.com, "Today: A Dirty Dozen Takeaways From That Trump Book," 4 Jan. 2018 But groundbreaking science can come at a backbreaking price. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "The First FDA-Approved Gene Therapy Can Cure a Type of BlindnessāBut May Cost $1 Million," 19 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'backbreaking.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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backbreaking
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