bone-crushing

[ bohn-kruhsh-ing ]

/ ˈboʊnˌkrʌʃ ɪŋ /

powerful or constricting enough to crush one's bones: a bone-crushing handshake.

extremely painful, troublesome, costly, etc.: a bone-crushing mortgage.

Origin of bone-crushing

First recorded in 1670–80

His companion came over to slap him on the back with bone-crushing blows.

Pagan Passions |Gordon Randall Garrett
Conan's left arm was pinioned among the bone-crushing folds, but his right was free.

The People of the Black Circle |Robert E. Howard
Then he was gone, after a bone-crushing handclasp that closed on Jason's hand like vise jaws.

Deathworld |Harry Harrison
They kill the elephants and other big game with it, as certainly as these animals could be slain with bone-crushing rifles.

In Darkest Africa, Vol. 2; or, The quest, rescue and retreat of Emin, governor of Equatoria |Henry Morton Stanley

There are several jute mills, a large flour mill, bone-crushing mills and a brick and tile works.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 |Various