Synonym of EXCRUCIATE

Refine
Torture
Extract
Imprison

The correct answer is B. Torture.

Excruciate means to cause great pain or suffering. Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain or suffering, especially on someone as a punishment or to force them to do something.

Refine means to make something pure or better by removing impurities. Extract means to remove something from something else, especially by using force. Imprison means to put someone in prison.

While all of these words can be used to describe causing pain or suffering, only torture is specifically used to describe causing pain or suffering for the purpose of punishment or coercion.