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excruciate

verb as in afflict

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The mother of a young woman who spent months in excruciating pain before her death has issued an urgent warning about the dangers of ketamine.

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The quarterback lay on the ground in what looked to be excruciating pain for a moment, got up, ran to the sideline and flung his helmet in frustration.

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There were also bizarre penalties, 2-point conversions and one excruciating missed kick.

“Emotionally, mentally, and physically excruciating in ways that make no sense,” she wrote at the end of July.

Over the course of 15 excruciating innings, with a trip to the championship series on the line, they and the Detroit Tigers deployed 15 different hurlers who combined to throw 472 pitches.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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