torture

[US]/ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/
[UK]/ˈtɔːrtʃər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. inflict severe pain or suffering on; interrogate aggressively
n. the act of inflicting pain or suffering; aggressive questioning; distortion

Phrases & Collocations

psychological torture

Example Sentences

the tortures of jealousy

the torture of waiting in suspense.

The torture made him confess.

they brutalize and torture persons in their custody.

he was tortured by grief.

torture a rule to make it fit a case.

tortured by painful emotions.

the torture I've gone through because of loving you so.

The police used torture to extort a confession from him.

She suffered tortures from a toothache.

macabre stories about tortures conceived by a madman.

torture and murder have cast a pall of terror over the villages.

dances were absolute torture because I was so small.

Inquisition by Torture Saved a Cock of Mobdom from Death Sentence?

They tortured the man to make him confess his crime.

There were several problems which tortured the elderly man.

Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her.

she saw the insults as emanations of his own tortured personality.

Real-world Examples

Scores languish in Palestinian jails; some have been tortured.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Ron turned a tortured face to Harry.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He now claimed to find painting unremitting torture.

Source: Secrets of Masterpieces

He denies that U.S. prisoners were tortured here.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2018 Compilation

And... it looks like they were tortured.

Source: Lost Girl Season 3

They can be arrested, they can be tortured.

Source: VOA Standard December 2015 Collection

Being sweet and understanding merely prolongs the torture for the other person.

Source: Sociology of Social Relations (Video Version)

Edie, why are you torturing that girl?

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 2

You can't know the torture it's been.

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

I don't know how long they tortured him.

Source: Go blank axis version

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