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torture

noun
  1. 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
    torturing
  2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
    overrefinement
  3. intense feelings of suffering
    torment
  4. extreme mental distress
    torment
  5. unbearable physical pain
    torment
verb
  1. subject to torture
    excruciatetorment
  2. torment emotionally or mentally
    rack