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Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.

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

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

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

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

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

Torment :: Torment (v. t.) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture..

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

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

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

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

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

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

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

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

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

Fire :: Fire (n.) Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.

Plitt :: Plitt (n.) An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia..

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

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

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