Excruciation

ex·cru·ci·ate (

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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.

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

ex·cruci·ation n.

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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"

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I was on the point of exclaiming--and the air of excruciation in my face would have denoted a moral face--"Don't, Juliana; for HIS sake, don't

The Aspern Papers by James, Henry View in context

It is possible the matter might have blown over without more excruciation if nothing else had happened.

Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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