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taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
his final, straining burst of speed; a strenuous task; your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here- F.D.Roosevelt
(noun) strain
an intense or violent exertion
(noun) twisting, torture, distortion, overrefinement
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean