excruciate

Other forms: excruciating; excruciated; excruciates

Definitions of excruciate
  1. verb
    torment emotionally or mentally
    synonyms: rack, torment, torture
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    type of:
    anguish, hurt, pain
    cause emotional anguish or make miserable
  2. verb
    subject to torture
    synonyms: torment, torture
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    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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