Found 2 items, similar to excruciation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: excruciation
excruciation
n 1: a state of acute pain [syn:
agony,
suffering]
2: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
[syn:
crucifixion]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Excruciation
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.
[1913 Webster]