EXCRUCIATE


Meaning of EXCRUCIATE in English

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)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.