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torture

torture - noun

  1. Excruciating punishment: hell, living hell, persecution, torment. See reward.
  2. A state of physical or mental suffering: affliction, agony, anguish, distress, hurt, misery, pain, torment, woe, wound, wretchedness. See happy.

torture - verb

  1. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing: crucify, rack, torment. See pain. reward.
  2. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, plague, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment. See attack. help.