Definition of excruciate Excruciate
ex•cru•ci•ate
We found 8 definitions of excruciate from 5 different sources.
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What does excruciate mean?
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| excruciate - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" | ||
| torture, torment | ||
| wound, injure cause injuries or bodily harm to | ||
| rack torture on the rack | ||
| martyrise, martyrize, martyr torture and torment like a martyr | ||
| excruciate - torment emotionally or mentally | ||
| torment, torture, rack | ||
| anguish, pain, hurt suffer great pains or distress | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- excruciate (a.)
Excruciated; tortured. - excruciate (v. t.)
To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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excruciate
eks-krōō′shi-āt, v.t. to torture: to rack: to pain, grieve.—p.adj. Excru′ciāting, extremely painful: racking: torturing: agonising.—adv. Excru′ciatingly.—n. Excruciā′tion, torture: vexation. [L. ex, out, cruciāre, -ātum, to crucify—crux, crucis, a cross.]
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🔤- excruciate, verb, present, 1st person singular of excruciate (infinitive).
- excruciate, verb (infinitive).
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