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Word: Torture
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’
ˈtɔːtʃə
the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something
Short Definition:action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone
Examples:- the torture of political prisoners
- confessions extracted under torture
- a torture chamber
Word: Torture
Speech Type: Verb
ˈtɔːtʃə
inflict severe pain or suffering on
Short Definition:inflict severe pain on
Examples:- most of the victims had been brutally tortured
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