Excruciation

ex·cru·ci·ate  (k-skrsh-t)

tr.v. ex·cru·ci·at·ed, ex·cru·ci·at·ing, ex·cru·ci·ates

1. To inflict severe pain on; torture.

2. To inflict great mental distress on.

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[Latin excrucire, excrucit- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + crucire, to crucify, torture (from crux, cruc-, cross).]

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ex·cruci·ation n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	excruciation - a state of acute pain                 suffering, agony hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" throe - severe spasm of pain; "the throes of dying"; "the throes of childbirth" Passion of Christ, Passion - the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion
	2.	excruciation - the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering crucifixion torturing, torture - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"