[syn: torture, excruciate, torment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.]
To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment
greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
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Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.
--Drayton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of
excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death
on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.]
Excruciated; tortured.
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And here my heart long time excruciate. --Chapman.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
excruciate
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
excruciate, rack]
2: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate,
torment]