Definition of excruciating

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ex·cru·ci·at·ing    (k-skrsh-tng) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Intensely painful; agonizing.
2. Very intense or extreme: wrote with excruciating precision.

OTHER FORMS:
ex·cruci·ating·ly (Adverb)

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