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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Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.
Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.
Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture..
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.
Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
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..
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..
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..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..
Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..
Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.
Plitt :: Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia..
Tormentise :: Tormentise (n.) Torture; torment.
Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..
Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
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..
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