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English Dictionary: excruciation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excruciation
n
  1. a state of acute pain [syn: agony, suffering, excruciation]
  2. the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
    Synonym(s): crucifixion, 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.
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