Definition of torture

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

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Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.
Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.
Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..
Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..
Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..
Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..
Tormentise :: Tormentise (n.) Torture; torment.
Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.
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..
Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..
Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..
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