EXCRUCIATES Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

excruciates

verb

present tense third-person singular of excruciate

as in plagues

to cause persistent suffering to she has long been excruciated by an undiagnosed pain in her knee

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What plagues America right now, in Cox’s telling, is not bad manners, or even political division, but contempt—the conviction that those who don’t share our opinions or values are beneath us and unworthy of good-faith engagement.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Yet the monopolisation that plagues other top tiers, while not as stark in England, is creeping in.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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China, which jails human rights activists in Hong Kong, persecutes Uyghurs, has killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and has committed genocide against the Falun Gong, is on the UN Human Rights Council.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
In Russia, the civilian repressive apparatus persecutes the military, which leaps at every chance for revenge.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

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The painful condition, which causes tissue similar to the lining of the uterus to grow on other parts of the body, afflicts 1 in 10 women worldwide.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Unraveling Medical Mysteries Patients with undiagnosed conditions suffer not only from their symptoms but also from the uncertainly of not knowing what afflicts them.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

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At first, all signs point to Bobby, including a mercenary who survived the attack on Halstead Manor that Eddie tortures to extract information.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
On his latest Hyperdub release, the Japanese producer born Takahide Higuchi sings more than on previous records but tortures his voice through a gauntlet of pitch-shifter effects.

— Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 July 2026

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