Definition of excruciate in English:

excruciate

verb ɛkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪt

[with object]rare

Torment (someone) physically or mentally.
I stand back, excruciated by the possibility
Example sentencesExamples
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
- He puffs and winces, excruciated with chest pains - which recur horribly in joyless mid-coitus with his other woman.
- So we are invited to relish the very excesses of a Goering, to excruciate in the intellectualizing of a Speer, and to be appalled by the evidence (eyewitness, documentary, and candid-camera) presented.
- If being in the plane was bad then the jump was excruciated.
- Nothing, except the lingering echo in his mind of the last thing he had heard; of that excruciated scream of someone on the ship, burning to death.
Synonyms
torture, afflict, harrow, plague, distress, agonize, cause agony to, cause suffering to, cause pain to, inflict anguish on

Derivatives

excruciation

noun ɪkskruːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nɛkskruːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nɪkˌskruʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n

rare

Though it was a numb, lack-of-all sensation that laid claim to his body, it was far more merciful than the excruciation of the previous weeks.
Example sentencesExamples
- The excruciation in my stomach was beyond any other pain I'd received in my life, yet the feeling of relief that it was me, not Joanna, who was experiencing this cancelled it out.
- As we are about to leave, Michel presents us with a small packet of madeleines, the Proustian cake symbolic of the sweet excruciations of the past.
- Those who care about Plath know all this already; those who don't will only trade in their indifference for excruciation.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- 'tormented', from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- 'a cross').

Definition of excruciate in US English:

excruciate

verbɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪtikˈskro͞oSHēˌāt

[with object]rare

Torment (someone) physically or mentally.
I stand back, excruciated by the possibility
Example sentencesExamples
- If being in the plane was bad then the jump was excruciated.
- He puffs and winces, excruciated with chest pains - which recur horribly in joyless mid-coitus with his other woman.
- So we are invited to relish the very excesses of a Goering, to excruciate in the intellectualizing of a Speer, and to be appalled by the evidence (eyewitness, documentary, and candid-camera) presented.
- Nothing, except the lingering echo in his mind of the last thing he had heard; of that excruciated scream of someone on the ship, burning to death.
- For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality.
Synonyms
torture, afflict, harrow, plague, distress, agonize, cause agony to, cause suffering to, cause pain to, inflict anguish on

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- ‘tormented’, from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- ‘a cross’).

单词	excruciate
释义	Definition of excruciate in English: excruciate verb ɛkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪkˈskruːʃɪeɪtɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪt [with object]rare Torment (someone) physically or mentally. I stand back, excruciated by the possibility Example sentencesExamples For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality. He puffs and winces, excruciated with chest pains - which recur horribly in joyless mid-coitus with his other woman. So we are invited to relish the very excesses of a Goering, to excruciate in the intellectualizing of a Speer, and to be appalled by the evidence (eyewitness, documentary, and candid-camera) presented. If being in the plane was bad then the jump was excruciated. Nothing, except the lingering echo in his mind of the last thing he had heard; of that excruciated scream of someone on the ship, burning to death. Synonyms torture, afflict, harrow, plague, distress, agonize, cause agony to, cause suffering to, cause pain to, inflict anguish on Derivatives excruciation noun ɪkskruːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nɛkskruːʃɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nɪkˌskruʃiˈeɪʃ(ə)n rare Though it was a numb, lack-of-all sensation that laid claim to his body, it was far more merciful than the excruciation of the previous weeks. Example sentencesExamples The excruciation in my stomach was beyond any other pain I'd received in my life, yet the feeling of relief that it was me, not Joanna, who was experiencing this cancelled it out. As we are about to leave, Michel presents us with a small packet of madeleines, the Proustian cake symbolic of the sweet excruciations of the past. Those who care about Plath know all this already; those who don't will only trade in their indifference for excruciation. Origin Late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- 'tormented', from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- 'a cross'). Definition of excruciate in US English: excruciate verbɪkˈskruʃiˌeɪtikˈskro͞oSHēˌāt [with object]rare Torment (someone) physically or mentally. I stand back, excruciated by the possibility Example sentencesExamples If being in the plane was bad then the jump was excruciated. He puffs and winces, excruciated with chest pains - which recur horribly in joyless mid-coitus with his other woman. So we are invited to relish the very excesses of a Goering, to excruciate in the intellectualizing of a Speer, and to be appalled by the evidence (eyewitness, documentary, and candid-camera) presented. Nothing, except the lingering echo in his mind of the last thing he had heard; of that excruciated scream of someone on the ship, burning to death. For him, cruelty was a legitimate and necessary procedure, almost a profession of faith, and European artists showed him how to excruciate a tame local reality. Synonyms torture, afflict, harrow, plague, distress, agonize, cause agony to, cause suffering to, cause pain to, inflict anguish on Origin Late 16th century: from Latin excruciat- ‘tormented’, from the verb excruciare (based on crux, cruc- ‘a cross’).
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