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torture
/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/
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What does torture mean?
noun
- The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
- Sexual activity involving the infliction of pain to a certain body part or in a certain manner.
- Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
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noun
- An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
verb
- To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/
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The terrible torture and unreality of the last days were over, and he had come out now into perfect certainty and peace.
The Jesuits were quite balked by those Indians who, being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of torture to their tormentors.
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Persons who would not confess were tied up and put to a sort of torture which was effective in securing new revelations.
WILFRED Aye, I have a pretty wit— a light, airy, joysome wit, spiced with anecdotes of prison cells and the torture chamber.
Faith is a gift of God, which Man can neither give, nor take away by promise of rewards, or menaces of torture.