terrible pain

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandpain

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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pain
noun[C or U]
uk
/peɪn/us
/peɪn/
a feeling of physical suffering caused by injury ...
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(Definition ofterribleandpainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is, at last, all body: only intermittently conscious, interriblepain, he exists only as a corpus to be fed, cooled, medicated, and soothed.
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Either outcome risks theterriblepainof humiliation.
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I wonder how many doctors have had cases ofterriblepainthat they have not been able to assuage?
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During that process, we find that thousands of innocent people sufferterriblepainand even death without redress or compensation.
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Blood could not reach his legs, and the poor man was in the mostterriblepain.
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I cannot recall these examples ofterriblepainwhich called for a consideration of euthanasia.
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It does in some countries, and it has at times broughtterriblepainand suffering to the people as a result.
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It means, for example, that we will spare peopleterriblepainif it is of no benefit to them.
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Recently a friend of mine was suffering from aterriblepain.
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With all thisterriblepain, the doctors are changing the prescription two or three times a day.
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I fear that he was right to say that there can be no such thing as financial compensation for theterriblepainthat they will feel.
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In this case he was caught unawares and savagely attacked, and, being in the mostterriblepain, he struck the man in order to free himself.
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Clare sufferedterriblepainand her short life ended at the age of 83 days.
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This partly explained herterriblepain.
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She became seriously ill; an ulcer appeared on her left breast, causing herterriblepainand a high fever until it burst.
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Because of the condition of her heart, she could not be anesthetized and sufferedterriblepain, which she said would help to convert many sinners.
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He lost vision in one eye and sufferedterriblepainin his body.
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The scientist consumed by aterriblepain, decided to plan a sinister vengeance.
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Sometimes he suffersterriblepain, and then his struggles are violent.
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Despite being interriblepainhe continued to play till the end of match and collected his winners' medal still clutching his neck.
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