Definitions for torture

Definitions for (noun) torture

Main entry: torture, torturing

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


Main entry: twisting, torture, straining, distortion, overrefinement

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


Main entry: torment, torture, agony

Definition: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Usage: an agony of doubt; the torments of the damned


Main entry: torment, torture, anguish

Definition: extreme mental distress


Main entry: torment, torture

Definition: unbearable physical pain


Definitions for (verb) torture

Main entry: torment, torture, excruciate

Definition: subject to torture

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


Main entry: excruciate, torment, torture, rack

Definition: torment emotionally or mentally


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