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Excruciated

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.

Their thoughts, like devils, them excruciate.
--Drayton.

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excruciated

vb. (en-past of: excruciate)

Usage examples of "excruciated".

For an instant he couldn't breathe, couldn't think: his brain went blind in terror while he waited for the swift, excruciated death of decompression.