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   Ex·cru·ci·ate

   /ikˈskro͞oSHēˌāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. torment (someone) physically or mentally: rare "I stand back, excruciated by the possibility"

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. excruciation noun

   Scrabble Points: 21

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