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torture [n]
 
1)extreme mental distress
    Synonyms :anguish torment 
    See Also: distress  excruciate  anguish  anguish 
 
2)unbearable physical pain
    Synonyms :torment 
    See Also: hurting  excruciate 
 
3)intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
    Synonyms :agony torment 
    See Also: hurt  excruciate  agonise  agonise 
 
4)the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    Synonyms :distortion overrefinement straining twisting 
    See Also: falsification  convolute  over-refine  distort 
 
5)the act of torturing someone; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
    Synonyms :torturing 
    See Also: persecution  excruciate  strappado  crucifixion  dismemberment 
 
torture [v]
 
1)torment emotionally or mentally
    Synonyms :excruciate rack torment 
    See Also: anguish  rack  agony  agony  anguish  torturer  persecutor  teaser 
 
2)subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
    Synonyms :excruciate torment 
    See Also: injure  torment  persecutor  teaser  agony  crucifixion  torturer  rack  martyr 
 



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