Definition of torture

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Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..

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Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..
Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
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..
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..
Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.
Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.
Tormentise :: Tormentise (n.) Torture; torment.
Excruciate :: Excruciate (v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body..
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..
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..
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
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..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
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