Look up: torture

1. torture
   [n] - unbearable physical pain 2. [n] - the act of torturing someone 3. [v] - subject to torture
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2. torture
   Infliction of bodily pain to extort evidence or confession. In the 20th century torture is widely (though, in most countries, unofficially) used. The human-rights organization noun [ French,fr.L. tortura , from torquere , tortum , to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Greek tre`pein to turn, German drechsein to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to English queer . Confer <...
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3. Torture
   Tor'ture transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tortured (...; 135); present participle & verbal noun Torturing. ] [ Confer French Torturer . ] 1. To put to torture; ...
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4. torture
   The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon an individual or individuals, including the torture of animals. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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5. torture
   torturing noun 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 ...
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6. torture
   torment noun unbearable physical pain
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7. Torture
   • (n.) Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. • (v. t.) To keep on the stretch, as a bow. • (v. t.) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex. • (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused ...
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8. torture
   the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting ... [19 related articles]
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9. torture
   
   • extreme mental distress
   • unbearable physical pain
   • intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
   • the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
   
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10. torture
    torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish. In international law, the term is usually further restricted to actions committed by persons acting in an official capacity.The UN Convent...
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11. Torture
    A punishment inflicted in some countries on supposed criminals to induce them to confess their crimes, and to reveal their associates. This absurd and tyrannical practice never was legal in the United States; for no man is bound to accuse himself. An attempt to torture a person accused of crime, in ...
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12. Torture
    Torture, in a legal sense, means the application of bodily pain so as to force evidence from witnesses, or confessions from persons accused of crimes. It was applied to slaves in Athens and the Athenian and Rhodian laws allowed it to be applied even to citizens and freemen. In popular terms, torture...
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13. torture
    Infliction of bodily pain to extort evidence or confession. In the 20th century torture is widely (though, in most countries, unofficially) used. The human-rights organization Amnesty International investigates and publicizes the use of torture on prisoners of conscience. Torture was legally abolished in England about 1640, but allowed in Scotl...
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14. Torture
    `Torture`, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (an advisory measure of the ...any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person, information or a confession, ...
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