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excruciate(dictionary)

excruciate (iou)



excruciate verb trans. L16.
[Latin excruciat- pa. ppl stem of excruciare torment, formed as EX-1 1 + cruc-, crux cross: see -ATE3.]
Torment acutely (a person's senses). Formerly also, subject to physical torture; rack (one's brains). Now chiefly hyperbol. L16.
Torture mentally, inflict extreme mental anguish on. L16.