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excruciation

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ex⋅cru⋅ci⋅a⋅tion

  [ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of excruciating.
2. the state of being excruciated.
3. an instance of this; torture.
Origin:
1610–20; < LL excruciātiōn- (s. of excruciātiō)
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ex·cru·ci·ate   (ĭk-skrōō'shē-āt')   
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 excruciāre, excruciāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + cruciāre, to crucify, torture (from crux, cruc-, cross).]
ex·cru'ci·a'tion n.
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