Definition of "prolonged" []

• Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of prolong. (verb)

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• "You have a mindset which is what I call the prolonged opposition trauma, said Kassem."
• "After a long period of subdued friction on the subject it appears that his endurance of what he called prolonged starvation actually broke down."
• "She tried to battle through a severe psychosis—in other words, a prolonged bout of madness—without being hospitalised."