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