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View synonyms for backbreaker

backbreaker

/ ˈbækˌbreɪkə /

noun

  1. a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
  2. informal.
    an extremely arduous task
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Although he is not on trial for the video, it was the backbreaker in the court of public opinion.

I jerked and rolled in a movement calculated to throw him to the ground face down, the motion ending in a backbreaker hold.

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