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excruciation

[ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuhn] / ɪkˌskru ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /




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Every time she talks it’s pure excruciation, and she never stops talking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

It sacked Tiger Woods, who went in the water and triple-bogeyed it on the way to his 79 in what looked like quite some excruciation and preceded his withdrawal from the event come Saturday evening.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

That late afternoon might have dwelled in your head as a singular excruciation.

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2018

I find them embarrassing to the point of excruciation.

From New York Times • May 2, 2013

His calves were before me; and I waited in excruciation for discovery.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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