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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. torment emotionally or mentally;
[syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack]

2. subject to torture;
- Example: "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
[syn: torture, excruciate, torment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excruciated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excruciating.] To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body. [1913 Webster] Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Excruciate \Ex*cru"ci*ate\, a. [L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.] Excruciated; tortured. [1913 Webster] And here my heart long time excruciate. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

excruciate v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack] 2: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate, torment]