torture: betekenis en definities

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.

Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.

Something causing severe pain or anguish.

To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.

To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.

To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.