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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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Booting
::
Booting
(n.) A kind of
torture.
See Boot, n., 2..
Pinnywinkles
::
Pinnywinkles
(n. pl.) An
instrument
of
torture,
consisting
of a board with holes into which the
fingers
were
pressed,
and
fastened
with
pegs..
Procrustean
::
Procrustean
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Procrustes,
or the mode of
torture
practiced
by him;
producing
conformity
by
violent
means;
as, the
Procrustean
treatment;
a
Procrustean
limit.
See
Procrustes..
Pang
::
Pang (v. t.) To
torture;
to cause to have great pain or
suffering;
to
torment.
Strapper
::
Strappado
(v. t.) To
punish
or
torture
by the
strappado.
Torture
::
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..
Forcipation
::
Forcipation
(n.)
Torture
by
pinching
with
forceps
or
pinchers.
Agonize
::
Agonize
(v. t.) To cause to
suffer
agony;
to
subject
to
extreme
pain; to
torture.
Pretorture
::
Pretorture
(v. t.) To
torture
beforehand.
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..
Discruciate
::
Discruciate
(v. t.) To
torture;
to
excruciate.
Torturous
::
Torturous
(a.)
Involving,
or
pertaining
to,
torture..
Picket
::
Picket
(v. t.) To
torture
by
compelling
to stand with one foot on a
pointed
stake.
Cruciate
::
Cruciate
(v. t.) To
torture;
to
torment.
[Obs.]
See
Excruciate.
Wheel
::
Wheel (n.) An
instrument
of
torture
formerly
used.
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..
Plitt
::
Plitt (n.) An
instrument
of
punishment
or
torture
resembling
the
knout,
used in
Russia..
Excruciate
::
Excruciate
(a.)
Excruciated;
tortured.
Thumbscrew
::
Thumbscrew
(n.) An old
instrument
of
torture
for
compressing
the thumb by a
screw;
a
thumbkin.
Fire
::
Fire (n.)
Torture
by
burning;
severe
trial or
affliction.
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