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torture
[ tawr-cher ]
noun
- the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
- a method of inflicting such pain.
- Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
- extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
- a cause of severe pain or anguish.
verb (used with object)
- to subject to torture.
- to afflict with severe pain of body or mind:
My back is torturing me.
- to force or extort by torture:
We'll torture the truth from his lips!
- to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form:
trees tortured by storms.
- to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.).
torture
/ ˈɔːʃə /
verb
- to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc
to torture prisoners
- to give mental anguish to
- to twist into a grotesque form
noun
- physical or mental anguish
- the practice of torturing a person
- a cause of mental agony or worry
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈٴǰٳܰdzܲ, adverb
- ˈٴǰٳܰ, noun
- ˈٴǰٳܰԲ, adverb
- ˈٴǰٳܰԲ, adjective
- ˈٴǰٳܰ, adjective
- ˈٴǰٳܰdz, adjective
- ˈٴǰٳܰly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ٴǰtܰ·· adjective
- ٴǰtܰ· adverb
- ٴǰtܰ· noun
- ٴǰtܰ·dz adjective
- ٴǰtܰ·Բ· adverb
- v·ٴǰtܰ verb (used with object) overtortured overtorturing
- ·ٴǰtܰ noun verb (used with object) pretortured pretorturing
- -ٴǰtܰ noun
- -ٴǰtܰd adjective
- -ٴǰtܰ·Բ adjective
- ܲ·ٴǰtܰ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of torture1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Leslie gives a complete portrait of this remarkably fecund and frequently tortured creative partnership, which began in Liverpool in 1957 and ended in New York City on Dec. 8, 1980, with Lennon’s murder.
The production of 1996’s “The Island of Doctor Moreau” was famously tortured, producing the type of unmitigated chaos that feels almost mythic today.
He observed in the hearing that the use of repetitive sounds is "a well-publicised feature of unlawful but effective psychological torture techniques".
Garcia disputed those charges and appealed for asylum over fears that he would be killed or tortured by gang members targeting him for extortion.
Guardiola has cut a tortured, agonised figure for most of a campaign in which the form of his Manchester City side fell off a cliff after claiming a historic four successive Premier League titles.
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