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Physically or mentally demanding
“The flight-training program that normally took three years was condensed to a physically and emotionally taxing six months.”
Requiring great skill or finesse in handling or treatment
Confusing or puzzling
Behaving, spoken or done in a determined and forceful way
Present participle for to impose and collect a tax or levy from (a person or company)
“It's not like they don't tax me to death. So where does all the money go?”
Present participle for to (excessively) strain or burden, especially with work or a task
“Allow yourself to preserve your strength and not unduly tax yourself with work that does not really belong to you or will not pay you in the long run.”
Present participle for to make excessive demands on
“The immense task of providing canteens for most of our schoolchildren will tax all available resources.”
Present participle for to confront or accuse someone of wrongdoing
“I think that it is just as well that Mr. Nabokov should be able to tax me with these mistakes, for, in rereading my article, I felt that it sounded more damaging than I had meant it to be, and this has given him a chance to score.”
Present participle for to cause to become physically weaker
Present participle for to cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress
Present participle for to issue, establish or apply as a fee, charge, fine or penalty
Present participle for to cause concern or anxiety
Present participle for to assign a responsibility, duty, or task to
Present participle for to give excessive work or responsibility to
Present participle for to work arduously in pursuit of an aim or goal
Present participle for to emotionally tax or strain
Present participle for to put down or control by cruelty or force
Present participle for to damage, erode, or destroy by friction or use
Present participle for to be critical of
Present participle for to issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
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