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to torture
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torment emotionally or mentally
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to violently hurt a person as a punishment or as a way of obtaining information from them
Torture
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extreme pain or distress inflicted upon someone, often deliberately and cruelly
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an experience or situation that inflicts intense physical or mental pain or distress
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extreme mental distress
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the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Example
The serial killer sadistically tortured his victims before ending their lives.
The military interrogators were accused of torturing detainees during the investigation.
The captors attempted to torture the prisoner into revealing classified information.
In some authoritarian regimes, authorities are known to torture political dissidents.
Human rights activists work tirelessly to raise awareness about regimes that continue to torture their citizens.