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Meaning of bone-crunching | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Very violent or hard, as an impact.

idiomatic

Examples

“Indeed, when baby-voiced Teresa describes the bone-crunching finishes in her new home, a 12,000-square-foot French chateau simulacrum that’s “all granite, marble and onyx,” and avers her commitment to the brand-spanking new (“I just skeeve looking at other people’s houses,” she says.”
“The bone-crunching AC/DC classic Back In Black landed at number six, followed by Metallica's Enter Sandman and the chiming riff of The Beatles' Day Tripper at eight.”
“Back in August, the Toon ace was kicked from pillar to post by Karl Henry in a bone-crunching midfield battle at Molineux.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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