Hypertext Webster Gateway: "excruciation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Excruciation \Ex*cru`ci*a"tion\n. [L. excruciatio.]
The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being
thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. --Feltham.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
excruciation
n : the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
[syn: {crucifixion}]
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