Torture

  • 31torture — 1. noun 1) acts of torture Syn: infliction of pain, abuse, ill treatment, maltreatment, persecution; sadism 2) the torture of losing a loved one Syn: torment, agony, suffering, pain, anguish …

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  • 32torture — 1. noun 1) the torture of political prisoners Syn: abuse, ill treatment, mistreatment, maltreatment, persecution, cruelty, atrocity 2) the torture of losing a loved one Syn: torment, agony, suffering …

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  • 33torture — /ˈtɔtʃə / (say tawchuh) noun 1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, especially from sheer cruelty or in hatred, revenge, or the like. 2. a method of inflicting such pain. 3. (often plural) the pain or suffering caused or undergone. 4.… …

  • 34Torture —    In the Medieval period, about 1100 AD    1600 AD, torture was perfectly legal, and was used to gather information, illicit confessions (from both the guilty and the innocent) or punish criminals. In England, there were over 300 crimes… …

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  • 35torture — n. & v. n. 1 the infliction of severe bodily pain esp. as a punishment or a means of persuasion. 2 severe physical or mental suffering (the torture of defeat). v.tr. 1 subject to torture (tortured by guilt). 2 force out of a natural position or… …

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  • 36torture — Synonyms and related words: Procrustean bed, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, agonizingness, agony, ail, anguish, atrocious pain, bed of Procrustes, befoul, bewitch, bias, bite, blight, bloody, boot, burn, chafe, claw, clawing, color, condemn,… …

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  • 37torture — noun 1》 the action or practice of inflicting severe pain as a punishment or a forcible means of persuasion. 2》 great suffering or anxiety. verb subject to torture. Derivatives torturer noun Origin ME: via Fr. from late L. tortura twisting,… …

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  • 38torture — n 1. persecution, persecuting, excruciation, torment, tormenting, torturing, martyrdom, crucifixion, crucifying; punishment, punishing, castiga tion; abuse, beating, flagellation, flagging, lashing, whipping; molestation, mistreatment,… …

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  • 39torture — [ˈtɔːtʃə] noun [U] I 1) extreme physical pain that someone is forced to suffer as a punishment or as a way of making them give information 2) informal a mentally or physically uncomfortable feeling II verb [T] torture [ˈtɔːtʃə] to hurt someone… …

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  • 40torture — tor•ture [[t]ˈtɔr tʃər[/t]] n. v. tured, tur•ing 1) the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty 2) a method of inflicting such pain 3) Often, tortures …

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