torture
tor
ˈtɔr
tawr
ture
ʧər
chēr
/ˈtɔːʧə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "torture"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to inflict extreme mental pain, distress, or anxiety on someone
Transitive: to torture sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was tortured by the thought of losing his family.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them
Transitive: to torture sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In some authoritarian regimes, authorities are known to torture political dissidents.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧇, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύāĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž

the act of making someone suffer very much so that they do what one wants
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Torture is a heinous crime that violates fundamental human rights.
āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϘāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ āϝāĻž āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž

extreme pain or distress inflicted upon someone, often deliberately and cruelly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The haunted house promised visitors a night of spine-chilling torture as they navigated its dark corridors.
āϭ⧁āϤ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĄā§‹āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻļā§€āϤāϞ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϤāύ, āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž

an experience or situation that inflicts intense physical or mental pain or distress
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thought of public speaking was torture for her, causing immense anxiety.
āϜāύāϏāĻŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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the action of twisting or manipulating words, facts, or data so that they convey a meaning not intended

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The document suffered torture when quoted out of context.

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