Noun: excruciation ik,skroo-shee'ey-shun or ek,skroo-shee'ey-shun
- A state of acute pain
"The migraine caused her moments of excruciation";
- agony, suffering
- [archaic] The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
"The prisoner's excruciation at the hands of his captors was later documented"
Derived forms: excruciations
Type of: hurting, pain, torture, torturing
Encyclopedia: Excruciation