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

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

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

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

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

Agonize :: Agonize (v. t.) To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.

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

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

Engine :: Engine (v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack; to torture..

Pang :: Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment.

Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An ancient instrument of torture.

Pain :: Pain (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; bodily distress; bodily suffering; an ache; a smart..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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