tortures

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 or for any other reason

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

intense feelings of suffering

unbearable physical pain

extreme mental distress

verb

subject to torture

torment emotionally or mentally

Roots

torqueretort- · Latin · twist

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