Torture
11torture — [n] severe mental or physical pain ache, affliction, agony, anguish, cruciation, crucifixion, distress, dolor, excruciation, impalement, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pang, persecution, rack, suffering, third degree*, torment, tribulation,… …
12torture — ► NOUN 1) the infliction of severe pain as a punishment or a forcible means of persuasion. 2) great suffering or anxiety. ► VERB ▪ subject to torture. DERIVATIVES torturer noun. ORIGIN Latin tortura twisting, torment , from torquere to …
13torture — vb rack, torment, *afflict, try Analogous words: *writhe, agonize: persecute, oppress, *wrong: *distress, trouble: *worry, annoy, harry, harass: *maim, mutilate, mangle …
14Torture — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Torture (homonymie). Variété d instruments de torture. La torture est l imposition volontaire de …
15torture — torturable, adj. torturedly, adv. torturer, n. torturesome, adj. torturingly, adv. /tawr cheuhr/, n., v., tortured, torturing. n. 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or… …
16torture — (tor tu r ) s. f. 1° Action de tordre, contorsion. • Ce sont apparemment ces bizarres attitudes et ces tortures naturelles qui ont anciennement frappé les yeux de la superstition, quand elle adopta cet oiseau [le torcol] dans les… …
17torture — I n. 1) to employ, resort to, use torture 2) to inflict torture on 3) to subject smb. to torture 4) to undergo torture 5) cruel; plain, sheer; sadistic; severe torture 6) water torture 7) torture to + int. (it was sheer torture to listen to her… …
18TORTURE — s. f. Gêne, tourment qu on fait souffrir. Les tyrans ont inventé d horribles tortures. Il signifie aussi, Le tourment qu on fait souffrir à quelqu un par ordre de justice, pour l obliger à confesser la vérité. Mettre à la torture. Appliquer à… …
19Torture — Those abducted by the military and security forces during the “dirty wars” were routinely subjected to torture, both physical and psychological. Common methods of physical torture were beatings, electric shocks to sensitive areas of the body,… …
20torture — 01. Many police forces all over the world use [torture] to get information from suspected criminals. 02. South African activist Steven Biko was [tortured] to death by the police while in jail. 03. It was pure [torture] for Betty to make chocolate …
