Definition of 'torture'

Noun

1. extreme mental distress
      Synonyms: anguish torment
2. unbearable physical pain
      Synonyms: torment
3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
      Synonyms: agony torment
4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
      Synonyms: distortion overrefinement straining twisting
5. 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
      Synonyms: torturing

Verb

1. torment emotionally or mentally
      Synonyms: torment excruciate rack
2. subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
      Synonyms: excruciate torment

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