Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun excruciation

2 senses of excruciation

Sense 1
agony, suffering, excruciation -- (a state of acute pain)
       => pain, hurting -- (a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension")

Sense 2
crucifixion, excruciation -- (the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering)
       => torture, torturing -- (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession")