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Discover LudwigThe phrase "agonizing attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particularly painful or distressing assault, whether physical or metaphorical, in various contexts such as literature, news articles, or personal accounts.
Example: "The soldier recounted the agonizing attack that left him with both physical and emotional scars."
Alternatives: "excruciating assault" or "painful onslaught."
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One night, he suffered an agonizing attack of meningitis.
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Another agonizing attempt to use the Internet on Amtrak.
We believe that anyone who has lived through the agonizing indignities of a cholera attack, especially during a cholera outbreak, would dismiss the economic argument out of hand.
Sun Bing has been sentenced to this agonizing death because he dared to attack German soldiers involved in crushing the Boxer Rebellion in 1901.
Sharp graphics, from the mind of Cosentino and illustrated by artist Jon Adams "that depict the life cycle of a glutton--from the miracle of birth to the final, agonizing moment before death by heart attack".
Sarin, a gas that brings agonizing death to its victims by attacking the nervous system, was used in large quantities during the Iraqi military's attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988.
It is agonizing amidst human suffering following the terrorist attack at Bataclan hall, Stade de France and other places in Paris to analyze the background and what needs to be done, but nevertheless it has to be tried.
Steve claims to not only never get ill, but that cobra venom is the ultimate pick-me-up, with effects lasting a days after injecting, making Steve stronger, faster, and more resilient.The hemotoxins that attack human blood cells in a tree viper's venom can result in an agonizing death in less than 30 minutes.
His case has been particularly agonizing for federal law enforcement officials, because he was taken into custody nearly a month before the attacks, yet investigators could never piece together what was about to happen.
And who of an age to remember the Vietnam War can forget the years of media and political agonizing over "the longest-held Vietnam POW," John McCain, now Senator McCain, in the forefront of the wolfpack attacking Sgt. Bergdahl's patriotism and alleged desertion?
As the commission released a pair of interim staff reports that offered extensive and agonizing new details about how the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. may have bungled opportunities to thwart the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. Kean said he welcomed President Bush's comments this week that the White House would consider an overhaul of the nation's intelligence agencies, including the F.B.I.
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