torture

/'tɔ:tʃə/
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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The deliberate infliction of severe physical or mental pain: The act of causing extreme suffering to someone, often to obtain information, a confession, or to punish.
    • Extreme anguish of body or mind; agony: Intense feelings of suffering or distress.
    • A distortion of meaning: The act of twisting or misrepresenting something so its intended meaning is lost.

  2. Verb:

    • To subject someone to severe pain or suffering: To inflict physical or mental agony upon someone.
    • To cause extreme emotional or mental distress: To torment someone psychologically.
    • To twist or distort meaning: To misrepresent something, forcing it into an unnatural interpretation.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • The prisoner was subjected to brutal torture.
    • Waiting for the test results was sheer torture.
    • His misquote was a torture of the author's original intent.

  • Verb:

    • The regime was known to torture its political opponents.
    • She was tortured by guilt over her decision.
    • The lawyer accused the journalist of torturing the facts to fit a narrative.
Advanced Usage

  • "To be in torture": To be in a state of extreme physical or mental pain.

    • He was in torture from the untreated wound.

  • "Instrument of torture": A device or method used to inflict pain.

    • The museum displayed medieval instruments of torture.
Variants and Related Words
  • Torment (n/v): Severe physical or mental suffering; to cause such suffering. (Often used interchangeably with 'torture', though 'torment' can imply prolonged suffering).
  • Agony (n): Extreme and prolonged suffering.
  • Distort (v): To twist out of shape or misrepresent. (Relates to the meaning of twisting truth).
Synonyms
  • Noun: Torment, agony, anguish, persecution, suffering.
  • Verb: Torment, persecute, agonize, rack, distress.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Not a standard phrasal verb: The verb "torture" is typically not used with particles to form phrasal verbs. Its meanings are conveyed directly or through prepositional phrases (e.g., , ).
Related Idioms

  • "A torture chamber": A room specifically designed for inflicting torture.

    • The dungeon served as a torture chamber.

  • "Mental torture": Severe psychological suffering.

    • The uncertainty caused him mental torture.

  • "Torture one's brain/mind": To think very hard or struggle with a difficult problem.

    • I tortured my brain trying to solve the puzzle. (This is a figurative, less severe use).
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
    • it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
  2. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
  3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
    • an agony of doubt
    • the torments of the damned
  4. unbearable physical pain
  5. extreme mental distress
Verb
  1. subject to torture
    • The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
  2. torment emotionally or mentally

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