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excruciate


verb (used with object), ex·cru·ci·at·ed, ex·cru·ci·at·ing.

  1. to inflict severe pain upon; torture: The headache excruciated him.
  2. to cause mental anguish to; irritate greatly.

verb (tr)

  1. to inflict mental suffering on; torment
  2. obsolete to inflict physical pain on; torture
v.

1560s, from Latin excruciatus, past participle of excruciare “to torture, torment, rack, plague;” figuratively “to afflict, harass, vex, torment,” from ex- “out, thoroughly” (see ex-) + cruciare “cause pain or anguish to,” literally “crucify,” from crux (genitive crucis) “cross.”

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