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verbsubject to torture
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nounthe 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
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nounextreme mental distress
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verbtorment emotionally or mentally
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nounthe act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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noununbearable physical pain
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nounintense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
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hurt pain burning suffering wound hurting boot rack distress agony torment torturing martyr anguish straining persecution twisting injure picket crucifixion distortion torturer torturous dismemberment piquet falsification misrepresentation excruciate bastinado martyrize martyrise prolonged interrogation sleep deprivation strapado strappado taking apart sensory deprivation electric shock excruciation falanga genital torture judicial torture kia quen kittee nail pulling nail removal overrefinement