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backbreaker

/ ˈbækˌbreɪkə /

noun

a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
informal.
an extremely arduous task

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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