Definition: 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
Usage: it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
Similar words: persecution
Definition: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
Synonyms: agonising, agonizing, torturesome, torturing, torturous, harrowing, excruciating
Definition: extremely painful
Similar words: painful
Definition: causing physical or psychological pain
Usage: worked with painful slowness