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EXCRUCIATE

Dictionary entry overview: What does excruciate mean?

• EXCRUCIATE (verb)
The verb EXCRUCIATE has 2 senses:

1. torment emotionally or mentally
2. subject to torture

Familiarity information: EXCRUCIATE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXCRUCIATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Torment emotionally or mentally

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

excruciate; torment; torture; rack

Hypernyms (to "excruciate" is one way to...):

anguish; hurt; pain (cause emotional anguish or make miserable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 2

excruciate ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Subject to torture

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

excruciate; torture; torment

Context example:

The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

Hypernyms (to "excruciate" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "excruciate"):

rack (torture on the rack)

martyr; martyrise; martyrize (torture and torment like a martyr)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

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