excruciate

  • 131sting — v 1. prick, nettle, bite, nip, snip, pinch; prick, stick, stab, pierce, wound, envenom; smart, burn, chafe, grate, rasp, gall, irritate; gripe, grind, gnaw. 2. hurt, pain, injure, cut to the quick, excruciate, rack, wring; grieve, aggrieve,… …

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  • 132torment — v 1. agonize, excruciate, torture, rack, martyr, crucify; pain, hurt, scathe, lacerate, wring, put someone through the wringer; persecute, abuse, beat, Archaic. belabor. 2. anguish, distress, harrow, worry, trouble, disturb, Scot. fash; afflict,… …

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