Torture

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NOUN

extreme mental distress

unbearable physical pain

intense feelings of suffering

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

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

VERB

torment emotionally or mentally

subject to torture

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