excruciate

(ĭk-skrū'shē-āt')
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To inflict severe pain on; torture.
2. To inflict great mental distress on.

[Latin excruciāre, excruciāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + cruciāre, to crucify, torture (from crux, cruc-, cross).]

excruciation ex·cru'ci·a'tion n.

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verb

To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See attack/defend, help/harm/harmless.

1) to inflict intense pain on: torture
2) to subject to intense mental distress

See words rhyming with "excruciate."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Excruciate.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pine, martre

Nederlands (Dutch)
folteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - torturer

Deutsch (German)
v. - foltern, martern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βασανίζω, κατατυραννώ, πιλατεύω

Italiano (Italian)
tormentare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - torturar, irritar

Русский (Russian)
мучить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - atormentar, torturar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - pina, plåga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
施酷刑, 使苦恼, 拷问

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 施酷刑, 使苦惱, 拷問

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 심한 고통을 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 苦しめる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعذب جسديا أو نفسيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ייסר, הכאיב עד מאוד‬

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