excruciate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb torment emotionally or mentally
    torment; torture; rack.
  2. verb subject to torture
    torment; torture.
    • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

WordNet

Ex*cru"ci*ate adjective
Etymology
L. excruciatus, p. p. of excruciare to excruciate; ex out + cruciare to put to death on a cross, to torment. See Cruciate, Cross.
Definitions
  1. Excruciated; tortured.
    And here my heart long time excruciate. Chapman.
Ex*cru"ci*ate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Excruciated ; present participle & verbal noun Excruciating
Definitions
  1. To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body.
    Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate. Drayton.

Webster 1913