torture, n.
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(tortures)
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extreme mental distress
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
anguish torment torture
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the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
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torture torturing
sample sentences
"it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
distortion overrefinement straining torture twisting
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intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1
agony torment torture
sample sentences
"an agony of doubt""the torments of the damned"
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unbearable physical pain
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
torment torture
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