"nerve rack" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1903, Burnside Foster, Saint Paul Medical Journal - Volume 5, page 372:",
          "text": "A hypodermic will secure much needed rest and promptly relieve bone ache and nerve rack.",
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        {
          "ref": "1917, The Christian Workers Magazine - Volume 18, page 420:",
          "text": "Prayer has been abundantly answered in my case, and I desire your further intercessions that right soon all nerve rack and strain may pass away and that I may be once more full of power and vigor for the work of the Lord.",
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        {
          "ref": "1927, Ruby Elliot Cromer, Lamuriac and other sketches, page 18:",
          "text": "I think after these evenings of suspense and nerve rack a reaction of fatigue and depression is apt to follow the next morning.",
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        "A state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience."
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nerve-rack"
        },
        {
          "word": "nerverack"
        },
        {
          "word": "nerve wrack"
        },
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  "word": "nerve rack"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1917, The Christian Workers Magazine - Volume 18, page 420:",
          "text": "Prayer has been abundantly answered in my case, and I desire your further intercessions that right soon all nerve rack and strain may pass away and that I may be once more full of power and vigor for the work of the Lord.",
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        },
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          "text": "I think after these evenings of suspense and nerve rack a reaction of fatigue and depression is apt to follow the next morning.",
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    {
      "word": "nerverack"
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