transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪksˈkru:ʃɪeɪt ]
v.tr. (esp. as excruciating adj.) torment acutely (a person's senses); torture mentally. øøexcruciatingly adv. excruciation n. [L excruciare excruciat- (as EX-(1), cruciare torment f. crux crucis cross)]