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Meaning & Definition of Torture in English

English

Torture

/tɔrʧər/

noun

1. Extreme mental distress

synonym:
  • anguish,
  • torment,
  • torture

2. Unbearable physical pain

synonym:
  • torture,
  • torment

3. Intense feelings of suffering

  • Acute mental or physical pain
  • "An agony of doubt"
  • "The torments of the damned"
synonym:
  • agony,
  • torment,
  • torture

4. The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

synonym:
  • distortion,
  • overrefinement,
  • straining,
  • torture,
  • 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"
synonym:
  • torture,
  • torturing

verb

1. Torment emotionally or mentally

synonym:
  • torment,
  • torture,
  • excruciate,
  • rack

2. Subject to torture

  • "The sinners will be tormented in hell, according to the bible"
synonym:
  • torture,
  • excruciate,
  • torment

Examples of using

Subjected to torture, he confessed to the crime that he hadn't committed.
When he was a kid, he used to catch birds and torture them to death.
The prisoner died under torture.