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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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