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Painful Throb Crossword Clue

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noun

• a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain

verb

• feel physical pain

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• be the source of pain

30%5 To beat or throb heavily
noun

• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

• 16 ounces avoirdupois

• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

• the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

verb

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• move heavily or clumsily

• move rhythmically

• partition off into compartments

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

• place or shut up in a pound

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

30%5 Excruciating throb
noun

• severe spasm of pain

• hard or painful trouble or struggle

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