excruciate
21torture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pain, excruciation, agony, torment; martyrdom, crucifixion; anguish; cruelty. v. t. punish; torment, rack, agonize, martyr; garble, distort, twist, misrepresent. See punishment, badness. II (Roget s… …
22Physical Pain — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Physical Pain >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pain pain Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering suffrance Sgm: N 1 bodily pain bodily pain physical pain bodily suffering physical suffering body pain Sgm: N 1 mental suffering …
23cross — [OE] When the Anglo Saxons embraced Christianity they acquired cros, in the first instance from Old Irish cross. The word’s ultimate source was Latin crux, which may have been of Phoenician origin (although some have connected it with Latin… …
24excruciating — 1590s, prp. adj. from EXCRUCIATE (Cf. excruciate). Related: Excruciatingly …
25cross — [OE] When the Anglo Saxons embraced Christianity they acquired cros, in the first instance from Old Irish cross. The word’s ultimate source was Latin crux, which may have been of Phoenician origin (although some have connected it with Latin… …
26excruciation — noun 1. a state of acute pain • Syn: ↑agony, ↑suffering • Derivationally related forms: ↑excruciate, ↑suffer (for: ↑suffering), ↑agonal ( …
27Cruciate — Cru ci*ate (kr? sh? ?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See {Excruciate}. Bale. [1913 Webster] …
28Discruciate — Dis*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discruciating}.] [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See {Cruciate}.] To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Discruciate a man in deep distress. Herrick. [1913… …
29Discruciated — Discruciate Dis*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discruciating}.] [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See {Cruciate}.] To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Discruciate a man in deep distress.… …
30Discruciating — Discruciate Dis*cru ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discruciated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discruciating}.] [L. discruciatus, p. p. of discruciare. See {Cruciate}.] To torture; to excruciate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Discruciate a man in deep distress.… …