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Definition of torture
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of torture is as below...
Torture
(n.)
Especially,
severe
pain
inflicted
judicially,
either
as
punishment
for a
crime,
or for the
purpose
of
extorting
a
confession
from an
accused
person,
as by water or fire, by the boot or
thumbkin,
or by the rack or
wheel..
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Strapper
::
Strappado
(v. t.) To
punish
or
torture
by the
strappado.
Martyrization
::
Martyrization
(n.) Act of
martyrizing,
or state of being
martyrized;
torture..
Martyrdom
::
Martyrdom
(n.)
Affliction;
torment;
torture.
Thumbscrew
::
Thumbscrew
(n.) An old
instrument
of
torture
for
compressing
the thumb by a
screw;
a
thumbkin.
Picket
::
Picket
(v. t.) To
torture
by
compelling
to stand with one foot on a
pointed
stake.
Martyr
::
Martyr
(v. t.) To
persecute;
to
torment;
to
torture.
Engine
::
Engine
(v. t.)
(Pronounced,
in this
sense,
/////.)
To rack; to
torture..
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..
Torture
::
Torture
(v. t.) To keep on the
stretch,
as a bow..
Excruciate
::
Excruciate
(a.)
Excruciated;
tortured.
Torturous
::
Torturous
(a.)
Involving,
or
pertaining
to,
torture..
Cruciation
::
Cruciation
(n.) The act of
torturing;
torture;
torment.
Booting
::
Booting
(n.) A kind of
torture.
See Boot, n., 2..
Pang
::
Pang (v. t.) To
torture;
to cause to have great pain or
suffering;
to
torment.
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..
Fire
::
Fire (n.)
Torture
by
burning;
severe
trial or
affliction.
Agonize
::
Agonize
(v. t.) To cause to
suffer
agony;
to
subject
to
extreme
pain; to
torture.
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..
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..
Pinnywinkles
::
Pinnywinkles
(n. pl.) An
instrument
of
torture,
consisting
of a board with holes into which the
fingers
were
pressed,
and
fastened
with
pegs..
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