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tor·ture (tôŕchər)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus past participle of torquēre, to twist.]

noun 

    1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
    2. An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
  3. Something causing severe pain or anguish.

transitive verb: -tured, -tur·ing, -tures. 

  1. To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.
  2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See synonyms at afflict
  3. To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.

derivatives

toŕtur·er
noun