Definition of torture

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

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Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.
Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
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..
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..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.
Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..
Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.
Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
Plitt :: Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia..
Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.
Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.
Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
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..
Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.
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