Challenging
Challenging adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: an exceptionally challenging brainteaser
Murderous and challenging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Murderous" instead an adjective "Challenging".
Murderous
Murderous adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: those exams were murderous
Challenging and murderous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Challenging" instead an adjective "Murderous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strenuous and challenging
- strenuous and murderous
- difficult and challenging
- difficult and murderous
- rough and challenging
- rough and murderous
- heavy and challenging
- heavy and murderous
- hard and challenging
- hard and murderous
- severe and challenging
- severe and murderous
- tough and challenging
- tough and murderous
Both words in one sentence
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Factions goes from "reasonably challenging" to "murderous" when you reach the Kaineng Mainland (and the Undercity...dear GOD the UNDERCITY!!) and Nightfall does more or less the same a few missions in.
Source: Difficulty Spike -
Alternatively, Jeremy Fitzgerald survives an incredibly challenging and terrifying week of murderous animatronics trying to destroy him, and finally gets moved to the day shift on its last day open
and he becomes the victim of the Bite of '87 courtesy of Foxy or the Mangle.note
or not.
- Blood Knight: The Satsui no Hadou/Surge of Murderous Intent grants immense fighting power, but ultimately has the user develop a insatiable desire to fight, driving it to wander the world challenging strong fighters to a battle to the death.
Source: Franchise / Street Fighter
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