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- Dictionarytorture/ˈtɔːtʃə/
noun
- 1. the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something: "the torture of political prisoners" Similar
verb
- 1. inflict severe pain or suffering on: "most of the victims had been brutally tortured" Similar Opposite
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to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally: It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in a city police station. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to cause mental pain: He tortured him self for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road. More examples.
The meaning of TORTURE is the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure. How to use torture in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Torture.
Torture is defined as the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on someone under the control of the perpetrator. [2] [3] The treatment must be inflicted for a specific purpose, such as punishment and forcing the victim to confess or provide information.
noun. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. a method of inflicting such pain. Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
If someone is made to experience torture, another person deliberately causes them great pain, in order to punish them or make them reveal information.
torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally committed by a public official or other person exercising comparable power and authority.
Torture is when somebody in an official capacity inflicts severe mental or physical pain or suffering on somebody else for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture a person to extract a confession for a crime, or to get information from them. Sometimes torture is simply used as a punishment that spreads fear in society. Torture methods ...
noun. /ˈtɔːtʃə (r)/. /ˈtɔːrtʃər/. [uncountable, countable] the act of causing somebody severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do something. Many of the refugees have suffered torture. the use of torture. terrible instruments of torture.
torture meaning: 1. to cause someone severe pain, often in order to make them tell you something 2. the act of…. Learn more.
1. to cause extreme physical pain to, esp in order to extract information, break resistance, etc: to torture prisoners. 2. to give mental anguish to. 3. to twist into a grotesque form. n. 4. physical or mental anguish. 5. the practice of torturing a person. 6. a cause of mental agony or worry.
