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Martyrization :: Martyrization (n.) Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture..

Self-torture :: Self-torture (n.) The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.

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

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

Martyrdom :: Martyrdom (n.) Affliction; torment; torture.

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

Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..

Cruciation :: Cruciation (n.) The act of torturing; torture; torment.

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

Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

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

Excruciate :: Excruciate (v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body..

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..

Booting :: Booting (n.) A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2..

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

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

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

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