excruciation
- noun
- /ɪkˌskruːʃiˈeɪʃən/
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tortura
- She described the chronic pain as a kind of daily excruciation she could barely endure.
Examples
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The excruciation he felt after the accident was unbearable.
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She screamed in excruciation after twisting her ankle.
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Medieval punishments often involved the deliberate excruciation of prisoners.
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The excruciation of the victim was evident in his anguished cries.
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The soldier screamed in excruciation as the medic rushed to his side.
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The patient endured excruciation from the unrelenting migraine that wouldn't subside.
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After falling from the high cliff, he experienced excruciation that made him lose consciousness.
Synonyms
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7.2
Very strong mental or physical pain that is hard to bear
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3.9
A very strong physical or mental pain
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9.3
Very painful suffering that feels like being punished or tortured
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An act of treating someone very cruelly or making them cruel through violence
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8.3
An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
excruciation = excruciate (semi-transparent) = ex + cruci + ion
The noun is a predictable -ion nominalization of 'excruciate', but the root element is a Latin combining form unfamiliar to many learners.
Etymology
Excruciation shares its root with crucify and crux ('cross'), and was used for the kind of pain of being nailed to a cross; that's why excruciation can mean the act of causing 'severe torture or agony'.