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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..

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

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..

Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.

Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..

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

Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.

Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

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..

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..

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..

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.

Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

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

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

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..

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

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