Zoeken
to torture
01
to inflict extreme mental pain, distress, or anxiety on someone
02
to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them
Torture
02
marteling
extreme pain or distress inflicted upon someone, often deliberately and cruelly
03
marteling
an experience or situation that inflicts intense physical or mental pain or distress
04
marteling
extreme mental distress
05
marteling
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Voorbeeld
The serial killer sadistically tortured his victims before ending their lives.
The military interrogators were accused of torturing detainees during the investigation.
Torturing prisoners is considered an uncivilized practice that has no place in modern society.
The captors attempted to torture the prisoner into revealing classified information.
In some authoritarian regimes, authorities are known to torture political dissidents.