Related Words for prolonged

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protracted
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Adjective, Adjective
lengthy
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Adjective, Adjective
chronic
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
extended
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Noun, Adjective
elongated
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Adjective, Adjective
long
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Adjective, Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
lengthened
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Verb, Adjective
sustained
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Adjective
continuous
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Adjective
intense
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Adjective
continual
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Adjective
ensuing
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Verb
interminable
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Adjective
intensive
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Adjective
rapid
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Adjective
ongoing
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Adjective
endured
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Verb
extensive
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Adjective
vigorous
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Adjective
strenuous
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Adjective
subsequent
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Adjective
torturous
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Adjective
arduous
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Adjective
prolongation
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Noun
severe
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Adjective
unremitting
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Adjective
intermittent
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Adjective
intensified
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Verb
delayed
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Adjective, Verb
excruciating
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Adjective
shortened
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Adjective
frequent
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Adjective
spasmodic
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Adjective
painful
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Adjective
onset
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Noun
duration
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Noun
persistent
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Adjective
short
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Adjective
debilitating
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Adjective
unending
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Adjective
uninterrupted
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Adjective
agonizing
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Adjective
excessive
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Adjective
mild
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Adjective
worsening
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Verb
necessitating
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Verb
tortuous
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Adjective
acute
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Adjective
unceasing
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Adjective
during
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Noun
infrequent
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Adjective
aggravated
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Verb
tiring
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Noun
interruption
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Noun
lasted
/x
Verb
accelerated
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Adjective
repetitive
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Adjective
grueling
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Adjective
brief
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Adjective
period
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Noun
tumultuous
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Adjective
torrid
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Noun
relentless
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Adjective
widespread
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Adjective
increased
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Verb
disastrous
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Adjective
brutal
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Adjective
ignominious
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Adjective
exacerbated
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Verb
consequent
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Adjective
uncontrolled
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Adjective
cessation
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Noun
sporadic
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Adjective
incessant
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Adjective
enhanced
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Adjective, Verb
considerable
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Adjective
reduced
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Verb
continuance
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Noun
constant
/x
Adjective
convalescence
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Noun
unrelenting
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Adjective
slow
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Adjective
frenzied
/x
Adjective
gruelling
/x
Adjective
ceaseless
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Adjective
inevitable
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Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective
traumatic
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Adjective
periodic
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Adjective
abrupt
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Adjective
immediate
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Adjective
escalating
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Noun
repeated
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Verb
extreme
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Adjective
substantial
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Adjective
suffering
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Noun
secular
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Adjective
laborious
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Adjective
spread out
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
sidelong
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Adjective
outspread
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Adjective
persevering
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Adjective
periphrastic
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Adjective
deep
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Adjective
plodding
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Verb
running
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Verb
precipitated
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Verb
cumulative
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Adjective
early
/x
Adjective
tensioned
/x
Adjective
circuitous
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Adjective
gradual
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Adjective
rambling
/x
Noun
methodical
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Adjective
inherited
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Verb
deliberate
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Adjective
lengthwise
/x
Noun
numerous
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Adjective
nationwide
/x/
Adjective
pained
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Verb
reclined
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Verb
distant
/x
Adjective
straightaway
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Noun
thoroughgoing
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Adjective
embedded
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Adjective
fattening
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Verb
loud
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Noun, Adverb
immobilization
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Noun
graded
/x
Verb
submersion
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Noun
enforced
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Verb
heated
/x
Verb
soaking
/x
Noun
expiration
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Noun
unconsciousness
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Noun
drought
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Noun
immobility
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Noun
applause
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Noun
latencies
/xx
Noun
absences
/xx
Noun
disuse
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Noun
boiling
/x
Noun
sieges
/x
Noun
fasts
/
Noun
stay
/
Noun
remissions
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Noun
inactivity
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Noun
inhalation
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Noun
sitting
/x
Noun
consumption
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Noun
continued
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Adjective, Noun
desultory
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Adjective
diminish
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Verb
durable
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Adjective, Noun
endless
/x
Adjective
endurance
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Noun
expanded
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Adjective
extension
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Noun
extinction
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Noun
futile
/x
Adjective
lang
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Noun, Adjective
length
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Noun, Verb
lingering
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Noun
longtime
/x
Adjective, Adverb
mournful
/x
Adjective
perennial
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Adjective, Noun
permanent
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
persistence
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Noun
racking
/x
Adjective, Noun
raged
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Verb
reasonable
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Adjective
renewed
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Adjective
reverberation
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Noun
rumbling
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Noun, Adjective
sibilant
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Adjective, Noun
sustainable
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Adjective, Noun
weeks
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Noun
yearlong
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Adjective, Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
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Adverb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
tell
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
expression
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Noun