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torture

UK /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/US /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/

noun 4
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

noun4

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very cruel treatment that badly hurts someone's body or mind, often to get secrets from them or as a punishment
- People confess to anything under torture.
- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
[in compounds] 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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An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc.
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!
- Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. (http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx)

verb1

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To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
- 1 August 2014, Barack Obama, "Press Conference by the President"; transcript published online by the Obama White House Archives, [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president [1]]. With respect to the larger point of the RDI report itself, even before I came into office I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values.
- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

forms

tortured · torturing · tortures · tortureth · torturest

Phrases with torture

Chinese water torture
A form of torture in which water is repetitively dripped onto the forehead of a victim who is restrained.

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