Torture
101torture — see TORMENT …
102torture — tor·ture || tÉ”rtʃə(r) / tÉ”Ë n. infliction of excruciating pain, torment, pain, anguish v. inflict excruciating pain, torment, agonize …
103torture — I. n. Anguish, agony, torment, rack, pang, extreme pain, excruciating pain, acute distress. II. v. a. Torment, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to extreme pain …
104torture — tor·ture …
105torture — Ho omāinoino. Also: laumilo, ho oka awili. See torment …
106torture — nf. TORTURA (Aix, Albanais, Villards Thônes.028) …
107torture — The infliction of severe pain as a means of persuasion. Anno: 16 ALR 372. Torment by means of the rack, or other contrivances for inflicting physical pain, employed for the purpose of extorting confessions. See 4 Bl Comm 32 …
108torture — see TORMENT …
109Torture — см. Пытка …
110Uses of torture in recent times — Torture, the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain upon an individual to extract information, a confession or as a punishment, is prohibited by international law and illegal in most countries. However, it is still used by many… …