EXCRUCIATE

torture, excruciate, torment

(verb) subject to torture; “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible”

torment, torture, excruciate, rack

(verb) torment emotionally or mentally

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

excruciate (third-person singular simple present excruciates, present participle excruciating, simple past and past participle excruciated)

(transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

Adjective

excruciate (comparative more excruciate, superlative most excruciate)

(obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cru"ci*ate, a. Etym: [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.]

Definition: Excruciated; tortured. And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.

Ex*cru"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.]

Definition: To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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