excruciate

  • 11excruciate — [ɪk skru:ʃɪeɪt, ɛk ] verb rare torment physically or mentally. Derivatives excruciation noun Origin C16: from L. excruciat , excruciare torment (based on crux, cruc a cross ) …

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  • 12excruciate — v. a. Torture, torment, rack, agonize …

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  • 13excruciate — v agonize, torture, rack, put [s.o.] on the rack, wring, crucify, martyr; pain, wound, hurt, scathe, pierce, stab, lacerate, put [s.o.] through the wringer; torment, persecute, abuse; anguish, distress, afflict, plague, harrow, rend …

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  • 14excruciate — ex·cru·ci·ate …

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  • 15excruciate — ex•cru•ci•ate [[t]ɪkˈskru ʃiˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to inflict severe pain upon; torture 2) to cause mental anguish to • Etymology: 1560–70; < L excruciātus, ptp. of excruciāre to torment, torture = ex I+cruciāre to torment (der. of… …

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  • 16excruciate — /əksˈkruʃieɪt/ (say uhks kroohsheeayt), /ɛks / (say eks ) verb (t) (excruciated, excruciating) to inflict severe pain upon; torture: *It excruciated him to play at the Femina {Cabaret} at the best of times –criena rohan, 1963. {Latin excruciātus …

  • 17excruciate — v.tr. (esp. as excruciating adj.) torment acutely (a person s senses); torture mentally. Derivatives: excruciatingly adv. excruciation n. Etymology: L excruciare excruciat (as EX (1), cruciare torment f. crux crucis cross) …

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  • 18Excruciated — Excruciate Ex*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster] Their thoughts, like… …

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  • 19Excruciating — Excruciate Ex*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excruciating}.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster] Their thoughts, like… …

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  • 20pain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Suffering Noun 1. pain, suffering, sufferance; hurt, cut; discomfort, painfulness; discomfort, malaise; nightmare; anguish, agony, misery, excruciation, torment, torture, rack; Weltschmerz; distress,… …

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