as in to plague
to cause persistent suffering to
she has long been excruciated by an undiagnosed pain in her knee
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Recent Examples of excruciate
Among other problems the inspection report listed: One resident with a fractured pelvis spent hours in excruciating pain because workers didn’t get the person medications.
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oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020
Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what’s meant to be lightly funny.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
Exposed, incapacitated, and in excruciating pain, laboring moms rely on other people—doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, and especially their partners—for help and support.
—Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2020
One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith’s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2020
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oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020
Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what’s meant to be lightly funny.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
Exposed, incapacitated, and in excruciating pain, laboring moms rely on other people—doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, and especially their partners—for help and support.
—Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2020
One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith’s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker.
—Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excruciate
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But my interest piqued recently when the president invited a blue-ribbon panel to the White House for a saving college sports roundtable to dig into the problems plaguing college sports in this country.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The mpox virus started to plague the city four years ago when thousands of people were exposed to it.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Chandler framed himself as an alienated artist persecuted by arbitrary strictures.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Making up between 8% to 17% of the country’s total population, Iran’s Kurdish minority has long been persecuted under the Islamic Republic.—
John Calabrese,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2026
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The disease afflicted homosexuals, Haitians, haemophiliacs and heroin addicts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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The Warriors are now 5-11 without Steph Curry, who sat courtside while afflicted with runner’s knee, and losers of four in a row.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Trier's film deals with memory, both actual and transformed through art into something representing memory, as Gustav (Skarsgård) seeks to make a film inspired by the life of his mother, who was tortured by the Nazis and later committed suicide.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Within hours, Ruis had beaten and tortured Yates to death.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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In another, more recent case, three Wyoming men were charged with tormenting a moose by trying to ride it.—
Wendy Keefover,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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Nigel Pack has tormented Texas since his days at Miami, when the Hurricanes eliminated Texas in an Elite Eight matchup in 2023.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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The interview takes a bad turn when the Ralph Lauren office building is besieged by the tabloid mob.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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But the regime, besieged by insurrections across the country, abandoned Manbij.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Excruciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excruciate. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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