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torture

/'tɔrʧər/

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verb
subject to torture
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excruciate torment

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wound injure
noun
the 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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torturing

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persecution
noun
extreme mental distress
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anguish torment

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distress hurt suffering
verb
torment emotionally or mentally
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excruciate rack torment

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hurt anguish pain
noun
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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distortion overrefinement straining twisting

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falsification misrepresentation
noun
unbearable physical pain
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torment

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pain hurting
noun
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
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agony torment

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hurt suffering

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