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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..

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

Excruciate :: Excruciate (v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body..

Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.

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..

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..

Plitt :: Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia..

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..

Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

Tormentise :: Tormentise (n.) Torture; torment.

Cruciation :: Cruciation (n.) The act of torturing; torture; torment.

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..

Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.

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..

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

Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..

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