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excruciation
ex·cru·ci·ate E0268100 (ĭk-skro͞o′shē-āt′)tr.v. ex·cru·ci·at·ed, ex·cru·ci·at·ing, ex·cru·ci·ates 1. To inflict severe pain on; torture.2. To inflict great mental distress on.
[Latin excruciāre, excruciāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + cruciāre, to crucify, torture (from crux, cruc-, cross).]
ex·cru′ci·a′tion n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  excruciation - a state of acute pain suffering, agonyhurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"throe - severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth"Passion of Christ, Passion - the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion | | 2. | excruciation - the infliction of extremely painful punishment or sufferingcrucifixiontorturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" |
Translationsexcruciation
Related to excruciation: lancinating painSynonyms for excruciationnoun a state of acute painSynonymsRelated Words- hurting
- pain
- throe
- Passion of Christ
- Passion
noun the infliction of extremely painful punishment or sufferingSynonymsRelated Words |