excruciate
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ex·cru·ci·ate
(ĭk-skrū'shē-āt') 
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
- To inflict severe pain on; torture.
- 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.Roget's Thesaurus:
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excruciate
1) to inflict intense pain on: torture
2) to subject to intense mental distress
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Excruciate
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - pine, martre
Français (French)
v. tr. - torturer
Deutsch (German)
v. - foltern, martern
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - βασανίζω, κατατυραννώ, πιλατεύω
Português (Portuguese)
v. - torturar, irritar
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
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يعذب جسديا أو نفسيا
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ייסר, הכאיב עד מאוד
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