to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them

the act of making someone suffer very much so that they do something particular or give crucial information regarding something specific

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

the deliberate and severe infliction of physical or mental suffering, often involving intense and prolonged agony

the intentional and extreme infliction of intense physical suffering, often resulting in prolonged agony and severe harm