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excruciation|ɛkˌskruːsɪˈeɪʃən|
[ad. L. excruciātiōn-em, n. of action f. excruciāre: see excruciate v.]
The action of causing or the state of suffering extreme pain; an instance of this.
1618T. Gainsford Hist. P. Warbeck in Select. Harl. Misc. (1793) 61 After she had lived a while in..excruciation both of soul and body. 1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. lvii. (T.), The thwartings, and the excruciations of life. 1646Gaule Cases Consc. 191 Can his excruciation be a sufficient cause for our execution? 1885G. Meredith Diana II. i. 5 The doom of men to excruciation in endlessness. |