torture in English

noun

1

the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain.

In that memo, it was asserted that inflicting severe pain constituted torture only if the perpetrator knowingly acted for the express and sole purpose of causing agony.

synonyms: infliction of pain, abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, persecution, sadism

verb

1

inflict severe pain on.

most of the victims had been brutally tortured

synonyms: inflict pain on, ill-treat, abuse, mistreat, maltreat, persecute

noun

infliction of pain, abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, persecution, sadism
torment, agony, suffering, pain, anguish, misery, distress, heartbreak, affliction, scourge, trauma, wretchedness, hell, purgatory
torturing
agony, torment
torment, anguish
torment
distortion, straining, twisting, overrefinement

verb

inflict pain on, torment
inflict pain on, ill-treat, abuse, mistreat, maltreat, persecute
torment, rack, afflict, harrow, plague, agonize, scourge, crucify
torment, excruciate, rack
torment, excruciate

Use "torture" in a sentence

1. ‘Torture’ is broadly defined in domestic law to punish all acts of torture. b

2. Destroy the torture you.

3. 9 Destroy the torture you.

4. Torture her until she breaks.

5. The torture made him confess.

6. But purgatory, torture, hell itself.

7. 11 She died under torture.

8. That's gotta be torture for him.

9. They don't torture or take trophies.

10. Students spoke of torture and mistreatment.

11. 26 The torture made him confess.

12. His confession was extracted under torture.

13. Torture was used and Fian confessed.

14. This isn't an interrogation, it's torture.

15. So why do you torture yourself?

16. One must neither torture it or oneself."

17. The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture.

18. 29 Waiting for the result was torture.

19. 2 His confessions were made under torture.

20. Starvation would be A form of torture.

21. 21 He revealed the secret under torture.

22. JESUS IS NAILED TO A TORTURE STAKE

23. 23 Torture was used and Fian confessed.

24. The prisoners were routinely subjected to torture.

25. Wan did not intend to make a "torture porn" film as the script only had one short segment of "torture."

26. By the accounts of executions and torture

27. 5 His confession was extracted under torture.

28. He was found guilty of mass killing, murder, abduction, torture, rape, persecution and Abetment of torture in central Mymensingh region

29. We torture ourselves needlessly by competing and comparing.

30. it was a summer of suntan and torture.

31. It says torture and summary execution are common.

32. The torture can not make the man recant.

33. He is worryingly as to what constitutes torture.

34. Torture was certainly practised by Europeans upon Europeans.

35. 28 The prisoners were routinely subjected to torture.

36. 19 This tooth of mine is sheer torture!

37. He claims his confession was extracted under torture.

38. Effective administrative measures to prevent acts of torture

39. Forgotten what medieval torture high heels can be.

40. This time the torture was even more severe.

41. It's torture to wear clothes with a sunburn.

42. 4 Many of the refugees have suffered torture.

43. Torture is still being used to intimidate detainees.

44. He died after five days of excruciating torture.

45. I needed a break from the constant torture.

46. You might even torture yourself with “if onlys.”

47. She was subjected to torture and lengthy interrogations.

48. 15 Even under torture, Maskell refused to talk .

49. 1 The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture.

50. Amnesty International chronicles cases of torture and mutilation.