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  • Suffering — This article is about suffering or pain in the broadest sense. For physical pain, see Pain. For other uses, see The Suffering. Tragic mask on the façade of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm Suffering, or pain in a broad sense,[1] is …   Wikipedia

  • suffering — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ enormous, great, immense, intense, massive, real, terrible, unbearable, unimaginable, untold ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • cause */*/*/ — I UK [kɔːz] / US [kɔz] noun Word forms cause : singular cause plural causes 1) [countable] an event, thing, or person that makes something happen The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast. an essay on the causes of the First… …   English dictionary

  • cause*/*/*/ — [kɔːz] noun I 1) [C] an event, thing, or person that makes something happen The cause of death was found to be a heart attack.[/ex] an essay on the causes of the First World War[/ex] 2) [C/U] a reason for behaving in a particular way, or for… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 'cause — [[t]kəz[/t]] also cause CONJ SUBORD Cause is an informal way of saying because. 30 families are suffering cause they re out of work. Syn: because …   English dictionary

  • Pain and suffering in laboratory animals — The extent to which animal testing causes pain and suffering, and the capacity of laboratory animals to experience and comprehend them, is the subject of much debate. [Duncan IJ, Petherick JC. [http://jas.fass.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long… …   Wikipedia

  • Formal cause — Formal Form al (f[^o]rm al), a. [L. formalis: cf. F. formel.] 1. Belonging to the form, shape, frame, external appearance, or organization of a thing. [1913 Webster] 2. Belonging to the constitution of a thing, as distinguished from the matter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • List of monarchs of the British Isles by cause of death — This is a list of Monarchs of the British Isles by cause of death. They are grouped by the type of death and then ordered by the date of death. Some people on the list are disputed as to whether or not they actually were a ruling monarch and have …   Wikipedia

  • inflict pain — cause suffering, torture, hurt, afflict, agonize …   English contemporary dictionary

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