Excruciate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To inflict severe pain on; torture.
  • v. To inflict great mental distress on.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Excruciated; tortured.
  • v. To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To torture; torment; inflict very severe pain upon, as if by crucifying: as, to excruciate the feelings.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. torment emotionally or mentally
  • v. subject to torture
    • Verb Form
    excruciated    excruciating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hurt    pain    anguish   
    Form
    excruciated    excruciating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    excruciated    tortured    torture    rack   
     
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