torture | English to English Dictionary

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torture

('t/O/r/tS//@/r )

extreme mental distress(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
anguish, torment

source: wordnet30
unbearable physical pain(noun.state)

Synonym:
torment

source: wordnet30
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain(noun.feeling)

Synonym:
agony, torment

source: wordnet30
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean(noun.act)

Synonym:
distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting

source: wordnet30
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(noun.act)

Synonym:
torturing

source: wordnet30
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.(noun)

source: webster1913

torment emotionally or mentally(verb.emotion)

Synonym:
excruciate, rack, torment

source: wordnet30
subject to torture(verb.body)

Synonym:
excruciate, torment

source: wordnet30
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.(verb)

source: webster1913

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