excruciate meaning

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excruciate (verb): torment emotionally or mentally.

excruciate has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

excruciate as a verb

  1. torment emotionally or mentally

    Synonyms: torment, torture, rack

    Type of: pain

    Related forms: excruciation

  2. subject to torture
    • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

    Synonyms: torture, torment

    Type of: injure

    Kinds: rack, martyr

    Related forms: excruciation

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in TE · 10-letter words

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