torture

noun

  1. 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. 2

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

  3. 3

    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

    an agony of doubt

    the torments of the damned

  4. 4

    extreme mental distress

  5. 5

    unbearable physical pain

verb

  1. 1

    subject to torture

    The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

  2. 2

    torment emotionally or mentally

Synonyms

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