excruciate

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛk.ˈskɹu.ʃi.eɪ̯t/, /ɛk.ˈskɹu.si.eɪ̯t/

Verb

excruciate (excruciates, present participle excruciating; past and past participle excruciated)

1. (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.

Related terms

• excruciating

Translations

• French: torturer
• German: quälen
• Russian: му́чить
• Spanish: torturar

Adjective

excruciate

1. (obsolete) Excruciated; tortured.
   • 1616, George Chapman's translation of Homer's Odyssey

     And here my heart long time excruciate
     Amongst the leaves I rested all that night.

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