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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121 The report recorded six cases of prisoners who had died apparently while under torture or as a result of neglect.
122 What were they made of that they could endure torture without complaint?
123 In its young life here, Survivors International has treated some 400 torture victims from 39 countries.
124 Only close family members attended the service, some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture.
125 Again, I smiled, wishing Father had brought calligraphy instead of ball torture.
126 We can see hunger, destitution, torture; we are living in a state of war.
127 The object of terrorism is terrorism. The object of oppression is oppression. The object of torture is torture. The object of murder is murder. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me? George Orwell 
128 This is a theoretical draw, but Timman may have to suffer several hours of torture before he can claim the half-point.
129 The report had alleged torture of prisoners, rigging of trials, and excessive use of the death penalty.
130 The militias have been know to use torture to get people to confess.
131 This theory became the basis for the examination and torture of those suspected of witchcraft.
132 What are you doing now to show compassion toward the victims of torture?
133 It resembled a medieval instrument of torture, a rack or wheel.
134 Right at the last minute, before the final Court of Appeal hearing on 1 May, evidence alleging torture was adduced.
135 First she posed as a Roman centurion and did a bit of torture.
136 There have been reports of the systematic torture of political prisoners.
137 They are not the reasons for the torture that I would be suffering in his place.
138 To administer torture while within the warp - to a talented Astropath of all people - would be plain lunacy.
139 For Oldham goalkeeper, John Hallworth, a thigh injury has been torture.
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140 All four are still suffering ill-health due to torture, poor diet and insanitary prison conditions.
141 She addressed the people's deputies asking them to help her stop a torture campaign against her.
142 Reports of inhuman treatment, torture, and public execution for failure to conform with Kimism were rife.
143 So many films with so little time torture the eyeballs and numb the brain.
144 For 24 hours a day, the irritation caused by severely dry skin verges on torture.
145 Heinz suggested that laws and constitutions of countries should be strengthened to make international declarations against torture into enforceable law.
146 Two of the accused nurses told the court they were forced to confess to an international conspiracy under torture.
147 Buckley was a man in possession of secrets, and a 400-page confession had allegedly already been extracted from him under torture.
148 Grudgingly, he would grant all requests soas to cease the torture inflicted on his friends.
149 It was as if we were locked in a torture chamber.
150 The mental torture of that for Charlie would have been tremendous.
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