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Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

Torture :: Torture (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind..

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

Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.

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

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..

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..

Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

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..

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

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

Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.

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

Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..

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

Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.

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

Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.

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..

Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

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