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tortyur : torture (n.)

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torture
n. (feeling)1. anguish, torment, tortureextreme mental distress.
~ distress, hurt, sufferingpsychological suffering.; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"
n. (state)2. torment, tortureunbearable physical pain.
~ hurting, paina symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"
n. (feeling)3. agony, torment, tortureintense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain.; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
~ hurt, sufferingfeelings of mental or physical pain.
n. (act)4. distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twistingthe act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
~ falsification, misrepresentationa willful perversion of facts.
n. (act)5. torture, torturingthe 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.; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
~ persecutionthe act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion).
~ falanga, bastinadoa form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels.
~ boota form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.
~ burninga form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin.
~ excruciation, crucifixionthe infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
~ genital tortureblunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal).
~ judicial torturetorture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials.; "the English renounced judicial torture in 1640"
~ kia quena form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed.
~ kitteea form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more.
~ nail pulling, nail removala form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed.
~ piquet, picketa form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake.
~ prolonged interrogationa form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours.
~ racka form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body.
~ sensory deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input.
~ sleep deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep.
~ strapado, strappadoa form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope.
~ electric shockthe use of electricity to administer punishment or torture.; "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
~ dismemberment, taking apartthe removal of limbs; being cut to pieces.
v. (emotion)6. excruciate, rack, torment, torturetorment emotionally or mentally.
~ anguish, pain, hurtcause emotional anguish or make miserable.; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
v. (body)7. excruciate, torment, torturesubject to torture.; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
~ injure, woundcause injuries or bodily harm to.
~ racktorture on the rack.
~ martyrise, martyrize, martyrtorture and torment like a martyr.