Definition of torture

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

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Torturer :: Torturer (n.) One who tortures; a tormentor.
Torturous :: Torturous (a.) Involving, or pertaining to, torture..
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.
Martyrization :: Martyrization (n.) Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture..
Torturable :: Torturable (a.) Capable of being tortured.
Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish.
Question :: Question (n.) Examination with reference to a decisive result; investigation; specifically, a judicial or official investigation; also, examination under torture..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow..
Torture :: Torture (n.) The act or process of torturing.
Excruciate :: Excruciate (v. t.) To inflict agonizing pain upon; to torture; to torment greatly; to rack; as, to excruciate the heart or the body..
Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..
Tormentor :: Tormentor (n.) One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures..
Pretorture :: Pretorture (v. t.) To torture beforehand.
Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..
Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.
Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.
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