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

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

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

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Discruciate :: Discruciate (v. t.) To torture; to excruciate.

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

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..

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

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

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..

Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to 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..

Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture..

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

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..

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

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

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

Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

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

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