Punishing and Racking

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Punishing adjective - Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort.

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Racking and punishing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Racking" instead an adjective "Punishing".

Nearby Words: punish, punishment, punished, punishable

Racking adjective - Intensely or unbearably painful.

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Punishing and racking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Punishing" instead an adjective "Racking".

Nearby Words: rack, racked

The Punisher, in his 30-odd years of punishing (racking up something in the order of 2000+ bodies, it's estimated) has never killed an innocent.

Source: No Endor Holocaust

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