EXCRUCIATE


Meaning of EXCRUCIATE in English

v.tr. (esp. as excruciating adj.) torment acutely (a person's senses); torture mentally. excruciatingly adv. excruciation n.

[ L excruciare excruciat- (as EX-(1), cruciare torment f. crux crucis cross) ]

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