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excruciate

DEFINITIONS OF: excruciate

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v torment emotionally or mentally

Synonyms:
rack, torment, torture
Type of:
anguish, hurt, pain
cause emotional anguish or make miserable

v subject to torture

Synonyms:
torment, torture
Types:
rack
torture on the rack
martyr, martyrise, martyrize
torture and torment like a martyr
Type of:
injure, wound
cause injuries or bodily harm to
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