Synonyms for wrenching
wrench·ing

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1. racking, wrenchingadjective

   causing great physical or mental suffering

   "a wrenching pain"

   Synonyms:
   racking

   Antonyms:
   painless

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1. Jessica Kensky:

   I wanted to paint my toenails and put my feet in the sand. I wanted all of those things, and to lose my second leg was a gut-wrenching decision.

2. Fiona Simson:

   The impacts on farmers if foot and mouth gets in are too gut-wrenching to even contemplate, but it's not just about farmers. Wiping $ 80 billion off Australia's GDP would be an economic disaster for everyone.

3. Justin Trudeau:

   We have continued to stand with the people of Haiti, and we will continue to. Obviously, this current situation is heart wrenching and we need to continue to be there for the people of Haiti. But we need to make sure that the solutions are driven by the people of Haiti themselves.

4. Gus Valerian:

   We didn't think the fire would come down here this fast, it's just heart-wrenching. ... It's just gone.

5. Susan Collins:

   I found Dr. Ford's testimony to be heart-wrenching, painful, compelling, and I believe that Susan Collins believes what Susan Collins testified to, but we also had a case where Judge Kavanaugh came forward and said,' I'm 100 percent certain that this did not happen,' so here you have two people who are each 100 percent certain of what they're saying under pain of perjury. So then I had to look at the other evidence, and was there corroborating evidence, and that's why I pushed hard for the FBI to do a supplemental background investigation.