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Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.

Torturingly :: Torturingly (adv.) So as to torture.

Excruciate :: Excruciate (a.) Excruciated; tortured.

Pine :: Pine (v.) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..

Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..

Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..

Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.

Cruciate :: Cruciate (v. t.) To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate.

Discruciate :: Discruciate (v. t.) To torture; to excruciate.

Engine :: Engine (n.) Any instrument by which any effect is produced; especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

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