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
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
As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals.
—Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 2 Feb. 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
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
As part of that process, said Dr. Barbot, a person is asked in excruciating detail to account for their time in 15-minute intervals.
—Melanie Grayce West, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for excruciate
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Karlsson is starting to eliminate the bad decisions that plagued him during the season’s first month.Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the host of the 2034 World Cup, a controversial move as all eyes turn to its human rights record and concerns following migrant worker abuses that plagued Qatar’s 2022 World Cup.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Like Oya and Elphaba, Céline tells her story from the perspective of the persecuted.Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Set aside the fact that Trump never persecuted his political enemies during his first term, including Hilary Clinton.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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The findings, published in the journal PLOS Biology, point to innovative strategies for combating a disease that afflicts millions annually.Tom Howarth, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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The pastor asked the group to name some of the plagues that afflicted Egypt.Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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As the Assads lived a life of luxury, their regime locked up, tortured and killed thousands of its citizens.Richard Engel, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Throughout the decades of the Assads’ rule, resistance of any kind was brutally quashed, and offenders were detained and tortured in a network of dozens of facilities across the country.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jeudy had torched Wallace and tormented the Empower Field crowd that used to root for him.Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 5 Dec. 2024
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Christmas Vacation excels best in the chaos, from Clark’s yuppie neighbors being perpetually tormented by him to the anarchic family dinners (blissfully unaware Aunt Bethany is our personal MVP).EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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In spring 2013, as the suffering and despair spread, al-Abbasi and her husband made a small but generous donation to a family from a city besieged by the government.Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The hero is a guy named Kash who valiantly rises to the defense of King Donald, who’s being besieged by Hillary Queenton.Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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