Synonym: agonize, distress, harrow, inflame, pain, persecute, plague, torment. Similar words: torturous, aperture, nurture, overture, departure, departure time, for the future, horticulture. Meaning: ['tɔrtʃə(r) /'tɔː-] 
n. 1. extreme mental distress 2. unbearable physical pain 3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain 4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean 5. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason. v. 1. torment emotionally or mentally 2. subject to torture.
n. 1. extreme mental distress 2. unbearable physical pain 3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain 4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean 5. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason. v. 1. torment emotionally or mentally 2. subject to torture. 
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1 The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture.
2 His confessions were made under torture.
3 He died after five days of excruciating torture.
4 Many of the refugees have suffered torture.
5 His confession was extracted under torture.
6 Half of the prisoners died after torture and starvation.
7 Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim.
8 The confessions were obtained by what amounts to torture.
9 Destroy the torture you.
10 I believed that in civilized countries, torture had ended long ago.
11 She died under torture.
12 Even under torture(sentencedict.com), he refused to deny his beliefs/faith.
13 It says torture and summary execution are common.
14 The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.
15 Even under torture, Maskell refused to talk .
16 At its worst, bullying is a kind of torture.
17 She was subjected to torture and lengthy interrogations.
18 They used sleep deprivation as a form of torture.
19 This tooth of mine is sheer torture!
20 Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation.
21 He revealed the secret under torture.
22 Torture was certainly practised by Europeans upon Europeans.
23 Torture was used and Fian confessed.
24 The use of torture must disgust any civilized person.
25 The torture failed to break the prisoner's spirit.
26 The torture made him confess.
27 For many,(www.Sentencedict.com) the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.
28 The prisoners were routinely subjected to torture.
29 Waiting for the result was torture.
30 Opponents of the regime had been subject to arbitrary detention, torture and execution.
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