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Torture
Torture
n.
Extreme
pain
;
anguish
of
body
or
mind
;
pang
;
agony
;
torment
; as,
torture
of
mind
.
Torture
n.
Especially
,
severe
pain
inflicted
judicially
,
either
as
punishment
for
a
crime
, or
for
the
purpose
of
extorting
a
confession
from
an
accused
person
, as by
water
or
fire
, by
the
boot
or
thumbkin
, or by
the
rack
or
wheel
.
Torture
n.
The
act
or
process
of
torturing
.
Torture
v. t.
To
put
to
torture
; to
pain
extremely
; to
harass
; to
vex
.
Torture
v. t.
To
punish
with
torture
; to
put
to
the
rack
; as, to
torture
an
accused
person
.
Torture
v. t.
To
wrest
from
the
proper
meaning
; to
distort
.
Torture
v. t.
To
keep
on
the
stretch
, as a
bow
.
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