extreme+suffering

  • 1Suffering — This article is about suffering or pain in the broadest sense. For physical pain, see Pain. For other uses, see The Suffering. Tragic mask on the façade of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm Suffering, or pain in a broad sense,[1] is …

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  • 2extreme — adj exorbitant, inordinate, *excessive, immoderate, extravagant extreme n Extreme, extremity are comparable when they mean the utmost limit or degree of something. Extreme usually applies to either of two limits which are diametrically opposed or …

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  • 3Extreme Unction — • A sacrament to give spiritual aid and comfort and perfect spiritual health, including, if need be, the remission of sins, and also, conditionally, to restore bodily health, to Christians who are seriously ill Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …

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  • 4extreme cruelty — ex·treme cruelty n: behavior toward a spouse that involves physical violence or threats thereof, acts calculated to destroy the peace of mind or health of the spouse, or acts destructive of the purpose of the marriage; also: a ground for divorce… …

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  • 5great suffering — extreme pain or hardship …

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  • 6Obscene Extreme — Location(s) Czech Republic, Europe Years active since 1999 Date(s) July Genre Extreme metal, grindcore, metal Website …

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  • 7Redemptive suffering — is the Roman Catholic belief that human suffering, when accepted and offered up in union with the Passion of Jesus, can remit the just punishment for one s sins or for the sins of another. Like an indulgence, redemptive suffering does not gain… …

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  • 8Utilitarianism — This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill s book Utilitarianism, see Utilitarianism (book). For the architectural theory, see Utilitarianism (architecture) Part of a series on …

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  • 9euthanasia — euthanasiast /yooh theuh nay zee ast /, n. euthanasic /yooh theuh nay zik/, adj. /yooh theuh nay zheuh, zhee euh, zee euh/, n. 1. Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme… …

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  • 10torment — torments, tormenting, tormented (The noun is pronounced [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)ment[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]tɔː(r)me̱nt[/t]].) 1) N UNCOUNT Torment is extreme suffering, usually mental suffering. She is my first ever girlfriend, a source both of… …

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