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Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

Cruciation :: Cruciation (n.) The act of torturing; torture; torment.

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Engine :: Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..

Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..

Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..

Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

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