Definition of torture

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Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

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Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
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..
Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
Cruciation :: Cruciation (n.) The act of torturing; torture; torment.
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..
Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..
Discruciate :: Discruciate (v. t.) To torture; to excruciate.
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..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..
Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.
Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.
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