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torture

British pronunciation/tˈɔːt‍ʃɐ/
American pronunciation/ˈtɔɹtʃɝ/
to torture
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

torment emotionally or mentally

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2

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

synonyms : excruciate
torment
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Torture
[NOUN]
1

extreme mental distress

synonyms : anguish
torment
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2

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

synonyms : torturing
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3

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

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4

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

synonyms : agony
torment
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5

unbearable physical pain

synonyms : torment
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Examples
1. The coup gave the dictatorship a dose of its own medicine, subjecting the dictator and his entourage to torture and confinement in deplorable conditions.
2. The hangman then applied torture at the direction of a council of examiners.
3. His jailers tortured prisoners to death.
4. Any police in any country of the world is torturing innocent people.
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