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(noun) torturing
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
(noun) twisting, straining, distortion, overrefinement
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
an agony of doubt; the torments of the damned
extreme mental distress
(noun) torment
unbearable physical pain
(verb) torment, excruciate
subject to torture
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible
(verb) excruciate, torment, rack
torment emotionally or mentally