Definition of torture

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

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Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.
Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..
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..
Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..
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..
Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.
Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
Martyrization :: Martyrization (n.) Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture..
Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
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