| VERB | emotion | excruciate, torment, torture, rack | torment emotionally or mentally |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | excruciate, torture, torment | subject to torture |
| Meaning | torment emotionally or mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torment, torture, rack | |
| Broader | pain, anguish, hurt | Cause emotional anguish / anguish or make miserable |
| Spanish | atormentar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | martiritzar, torturar | |
| Nouns | excruciation | a state of acute pain |
| Meaning | subject to torture. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torture, torment | |
| Narrower | martyr, martyrize, martyrise | torture and torment like a martyr |
| rack | torture on the rack | |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | atormentar, torturar | |
| Catalan | torturar, turmentar | |
| Nouns | excruciation | the infliction of extremely painful / painful punishment or suffering |
| excruciation | a state of acute pain | |
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