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distraught
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
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- Pilot Joe Deasy recalled a distraught airman who came to him with a question: If a crewman went mad during a mission, would the crew shoot him?
p. 89.3 *distraught = distressed
- Virginia, living at home and building military ships at Western Pipe and Steel, was as distraught as Sylvia.†
p. 214.1distraught = extremely distressed
- Cynthia was distraught over what her husband had become.†
p. 365.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(distraught) extremely distressed--typically with worry or grief that interferes with clear thinking
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)