English Explanatory Dictionary

discruciate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To torture (someone); to excruciate.

Word forms

discruciate discruciates discruciating discruciated

Etymology

First attested in 1596; borrowed from Latin discruciātus, perfect passive participle of discruciō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Related words

crucial cruciate crux excruciate
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