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Torture

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Noun

1. anguish, torment, torture

extreme mental distress

2. torment, torture

unbearable physical pain

3. agony, torment, torture

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Example Sentences:
'an agony of doubt'
'the torments of the damned'

4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

5. torture, torturing

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

Example Sentences:
'it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession'

Verb

6. excruciate, rack, torment, torture

torment emotionally or mentally

7. excruciate, torment, torture

subject to torture

Example Sentences:
'The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Torture

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
to torture prisoners
2. 
to give mental anguish to
3. 
to twist into a grotesque form
noun
4. 
physical or mental anguish
5. 
the practice of torturing a person
6. 
a cause of mental agony or worry

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Torture

see synonyms of torture
noun
1. 
the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc.
2. 
any method by which such pain is inflicted
3. 
any severe physical or mental pain; agony; anguish
4. 
a cause of such pain or agony
5.  Rare
a violent twisting, distortion, perversion, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtortured or ˈtorturing
6. 
to subject to torture
7. 
to cause extreme physical or mental pain to; agonize
8. 
to twist or distort (meaning, language, etc.)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Torture

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n.
1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture suffered by inmates in the camp.
3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish: "Just to watch them handling thick woolen winter coats in that heat was, for me, a torture" (Arthur Miller).
tr.v. tor·tured, tor·tur·ing, tor·tures
1. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.
3. To overwork, misinterpret, or distort: torture a metaphor throughout an essay; torture a rule to make it fit a case.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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