ex-cruciō āvī, ātus, āre, to torment, torture, rack, plague: servos fame, Cs.: vinculis excruciatum necare: ipsos crudeliter, Cs.

—Fig., to distress, afflict, harass, trouble, vex, torment: meae me miseriae excruciant: honore Mari excruciatus, S.: me excruciat animi, T.: excrucior, am in torment, Ct.