torture
noun
- 1
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
it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
- 2
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 3
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
an agony of doubt
the torments of the damned
- 4
extreme mental distress
- 5
unbearable physical pain
verb
- 1
subject to torture
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
- 2
torment emotionally or mentally
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