The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word HEARTBREAK
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HEARTBREAK
- Pick up wood with odd bits of bark in desolation
- Anguish of ambassador over holiday tour of galleries?
- Trauma? Pay attention to temperature and rest
- Hater – of great sorrow?
- Courage to overcome grief
- Sorrow thus seen in hater?
- Great sadness to learn about a king catching nasty disease
- Take her bra off? It’s extremely distressing
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What does HEARTBREAK mean?
HEARTBREAK noun- Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment