Another word for excruciate

To bring great harm or suffering to

• torture

  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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• torment

  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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• strike

  1. To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement:
  2. To inflict (a blow).
  3. To penetrate or pierce:

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  1. To hit sharply, as with a hand, fist, weapon, or implement:
  2. To inflict (a blow).
  3. To penetrate or pierce:

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• smite

  1. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
  2. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.
  3. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.

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  1. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
  2. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.
  3. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.

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• scourge

  1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
  2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
  3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.

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  1. A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war.
  2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment.
  3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.

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• rack

  1. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles:
  2. A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.
  3. A receptacle for livestock feed.

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  1. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles:
  2. A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.
  3. A receptacle for livestock feed.

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• plague

  1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
  2. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis ) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
  3. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.

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  1. A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
  2. A virulent, infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (syn. Pasteurella pestis ) and is transmitted primarily by the bite of fleas from an infected rodent, especially a rat. In humans it occurs in bubonic form, marked by lymph node enlargement, and in pneumonic form, marked by infection of the lungs, and can progress to septicemia.
  3. A widespread affliction or calamity seen as divine retribution.

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• curse

  1. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
  2. Evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to such an appeal:
  3. A source or cause of evil; a scourge:

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  1. An appeal or prayer for evil or misfortune to befall someone or something.
  2. Evil or misfortune that comes as if in response to such an appeal:
  3. A source or cause of evil; a scourge:

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• anguish

  1. Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
  2. To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
  3. To feel or suffer anguish.

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  1. Agonizing physical or mental pain; torment.
  2. To cause to feel or suffer anguish.
  3. To feel or suffer anguish.

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• agonize

  1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something:
  2. To suffer extreme pain:
  3. To cause great pain or anguish to.

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  1. To suffer mental anguish or worry about something:
  2. To suffer extreme pain:
  3. To cause great pain or anguish to.

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• afflict

  1. To cause grievous physical or mental suffering to.

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  1. To cause grievous physical or mental suffering to.

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