1.Cutting into halves was not an excruciation only in late Tang Dynasty or previous Dynasties, which had existed in the early Tang Dynasty.
腰斩唐前期既已存在，并不仅仅是唐代后期或者前代酷刑等等。
2.Excruciation in the Time of Transition: Heathendom and Tolerance--Research on Belief Tolerance before Religious Reform in England
过渡时期的磨难：异端与宽容--英国宗教改革前的信仰宽容问题
3.On Shen Jiaben's Contribution in Abolishing the Excruciation of Capital Punishment by Dismembering the Body
略谈沈家本在废除凌迟酷刑中的作用
4.euthanasia is not yet legal in japan , but given the excruciation suffering of patients with terminal cancer is terrible
安乐死在日本尚未合法，忍受癌症末期这种酷刑是很可怕的。