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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What's the meaning of "sickening low"

What's the meaning of "sickening low"??

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Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa director says the execution of detainees days before they would have been freed is a “sickening low” in the Libyan government's behavior.

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As nouns, "lows" and "highs" can refer to specific events within a series of events, or to points within a continuum. To the best of my knowledge, "sickening low" is not a common collocation, but the adjective "sickening" may be used to describe anything which one disapproves of in the extreme, especially if it makes one feel sick. "

  • As nouns, "lows" and "highs" can refer to specific events within a series of events, or to points within a continuum.
  • To the best of my knowledge, "sickening low" is not a common collocation, but the adjective "sickening" may be used to describe anything which one disapproves of in the extreme, especially if it makes one feel sick.
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As nouns, "lows" and "highs" can refer to specific events within a series of events, or to points within a continuum.

To the best of my knowledge, "sickening low" is not a common collocation, but the adjective "sickening" may be used to describe anything which one disapproves of in the extreme, especially if it makes one feel sick.

In this case, the author is expressing his view

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