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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..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.

Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..

Martyrization :: Martyrization (n.) Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..

Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

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