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tor·ture
(tôr′chər)n.
1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture suffered by inmates in the camp.
3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish: "Just to watch them handling thick woolen winter coats in that heat was, for me, a torture" (Arthur Miller).
tr.v. tor·tured, tor·tur·ing, tor·tures
1. To subject (a person or animal) to torture.
2. To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.
3. To overwork, misinterpret, or distort: torture a metaphor throughout an essay; torture a rule to make it fit a case.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.]
tor′tur·er n.
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torture
(ˈtɔːtʃə)vb (tr)
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
[C16: from Late Latin tortūra a twisting, from torquēre to twist]
ˈtortured adj
ˈtorturedly adv
ˈtorturer n
ˈtorturesome, ˈtorturous adj
ˈtorturing adj
ˈtorturingly adv
ˈtorturously adv
Usage: The adjective torturous is sometimes confused with tortuous. One speaks of a torturous experience, i.e. one that involves pain or suffering, but of a tortuous road, i.e. one that winds or twists
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tor•ture
(ˈtɔr tʃər)n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n.
1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
2. a method of inflicting such pain.
3. Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
4. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
5. a cause of severe pain or anguish.
v.t. 6. to subject to torture.
7. to afflict with severe pain of body or mind.
8. to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural shape.
[1530–40; < Late Latin tortūra a twisting]
tor′tur•er, n.
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torture
- ordeal - From Old English ordel, "judgment," figuratively, an experience testing endurance, patience, courage, etc.—also a test of guilt or innocence that was one of severe pain or torture.
- torment - Comes from a Latin word, tormentum, for an instrument of torture.
- tortuous, torturous - Tortuous is "winding, crooked, full of twists and turns," and torturous, based on "torture," is "painful, characterized by suffering."
- travel - From Latin trepaliare, "torture," it evolved into "journey" from the allusion to the inevitable trouble of medieval travel.
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torture
Past participle: tortured
Gerund: torturing
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| torture |
| torture |
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| I torture |
| you torture |
| he/she/it tortures |
| we torture |
| you torture |
| they torture |
| Preterite |
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| I tortured |
| you tortured |
| he/she/it tortured |
| we tortured |
| you tortured |
| they tortured |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am torturing |
| you are torturing |
| he/she/it is torturing |
| we are torturing |
| you are torturing |
| they are torturing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have tortured |
| you have tortured |
| he/she/it has tortured |
| we have tortured |
| you have tortured |
| they have tortured |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was torturing |
| you were torturing |
| he/she/it was torturing |
| we were torturing |
| you were torturing |
| they were torturing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had tortured |
| you had tortured |
| he/she/it had tortured |
| we had tortured |
| you had tortured |
| they had tortured |
| Future |
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| I will torture |
| you will torture |
| he/she/it will torture |
| we will torture |
| you will torture |
| they will torture |
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| I will have tortured |
| you will have tortured |
| he/she/it will have tortured |
| we will have tortured |
| you will have tortured |
| they will have tortured |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be torturing |
| you will be torturing |
| he/she/it will be torturing |
| we will be torturing |
| you will be torturing |
| they will be torturing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been torturing |
| you have been torturing |
| he/she/it has been torturing |
| we have been torturing |
| you have been torturing |
| they have been torturing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been torturing |
| you will have been torturing |
| he/she/it will have been torturing |
| we will have been torturing |
| you will have been torturing |
| they will have been torturing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been torturing |
| you had been torturing |
| he/she/it had been torturing |
| we had been torturing |
| you had been torturing |
| they had been torturing |
| Conditional |
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| I would torture |
| you would torture |
| he/she/it would torture |
| we would torture |
| you would torture |
| they would torture |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have tortured |
| you would have tortured |
| he/she/it would have tortured |
| we would have tortured |
| you would have tortured |
| they would have tortured |
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Noun 1. [画像:torture - extreme mental distress]torture - extreme mental distress
2. [画像:torture - unbearable physical pain]torture - unbearable physical pain
3. [画像:torture - intense feelings of suffering]torture - intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
4. torture - the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
falsification, misrepresentation - a willful perversion of facts
5. [画像:torture - 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]torture - 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
persecution - the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)
falanga, bastinado - a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
boot - a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
burning - a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
excruciation, crucifixion - the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
genital torture - blunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal)
judicial torture - torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials; "the English renounced judicial torture in 1640"
kia quen - a form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between three pieces of bamboo and systematically squeezed
kittee - a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more
nail pulling, nail removal - a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed
piquet, picket - a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
prolonged interrogation - a form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours
rack - a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body
sensory deprivation - a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input
sleep deprivation - a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep
strapado, strappado - a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
electric shock - the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture; "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
dismemberment, taking apart - the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
Verb 1. [画像:torture - torment emotionally or mentally]torture - torment emotionally or mentally
2. [画像:torture - subject to torture]torture - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
rack - torture on the rack
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torture
verb
noun
1. ill-treatment, abuse, torment, persecution, martyrdom, maltreatment, harsh treatment alleged cases of torture and murder by security forces
2. agony, suffering, misery, anguish, hell, distress, torment, heartbreak Waiting for the result was torture.
agony delight, pleasure, joy, well-being, happiness, enjoyment, amusement, bliss
agony delight, pleasure, joy, well-being, happiness, enjoyment, amusement, bliss
Torture
Instruments of torture boot, brake, cat-o'-nine-tails, iron maiden, pilliwinks, Procrustean bed, rack, scourge, thumbscrew, wheel
Types of torture bastinado, Chinese water torture, gauntlet, strappado, water cure, water torture
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torture
noun1. Excruciating punishment:
Idiom: tortures of the damned.
1. To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing:
Idiom: put on the rack.
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Translations
تَعْذيبتَعْذِيب تعزيبعَذابعزّب
tortura
mučenímukatrápittýratmučit
torturtorturerepinetortere
torturi
kiduttaakidutus
mučenjemučiti
kínlódáskínvallatás
e-î sem orsakar kvölpyntapyntingar
拷問拷問にかける
고문고문하다
kankinimas
mocībasmocītspīdzināšanaspīdzināt
chinuitortura
mučenie
mučenjemučiti
torteratortyr
การทรมานทรมาน
тортури
sự tra tấntra tấn
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
torture
[ˈtɔːrtʃər]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
torture
n → Folter f; (fig) → Qual f; instrument of torture → Folterwerkzeug nt; it was sheer torture! (inf) → es war eine wahre Qual or Folter
vt
(lit) → foltern
(fig: = distort) → verzerren ; language → vergewaltigen ; tortured language → verkrampfte Sprache ; tortured steel → grotesk verbogener Stahl ; her hair had been tortured into elaborate curls → ihr Haar war mühsam in kunstvolle Locken gedreht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
torture
(ˈtoːtʃə) verb to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc. He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy. martel يُعَذَّب измъчвам torturar týrat, trápit foltern torturere; plaget af βασανίζω torturar piinama شکنجه کردن kiduttaa torturer לַעֲנוֹת अति कष्ट देना mučiti, podvrgnuti torturi kínoz menyiksa pynta torturare ごう問にかける 고문하다 kankinti mocīt; spīdzināt menyeksa martelen torturere, pine torturować سكنجه كول، كړول، ( اصط ) چپه مېچنى په ګرځول، زمولول، ځپل: كږول، اړول ( لكه خبره torturar a tortura; a chinui пытать; мучить týrať, trápiť mučiti mučiti tortera, plåga, misshandla ทรมานให้เจ็บปวด eziyet etmek, işkence yapmak 拷問 катувати, піддавати тортурам ايذا دينا hành hạ 拷问
noun1. the act or practice of torturing. The king would not permit torture. marteling تَعْذيب мъчение tortura mučení die Folter tortur βασανιστήριο, βασανισμός tortura piinamine شکنجه kidutus torture עִינוּיִים उत्पीड़न mučenje, tortura kínvallatás penyiksaan pyntingar tortura ごう問 고문 kankinimas spīdzināšana penyeksaan het martelen tortur tortury عذاب، كړونه، شكنجه، تزنونه: ازار tortura tortură пытка mučenie mučenje mučenje tortyr การทรมาน işkence, eziyet 拷問 катування, тортури ايذا رساني sự hành hạ 拷问
2. (something causing) great suffering. the torture of waiting to be executed. marteling عَذاب мъчение tortura muka die Tortur pine; tortur βάσανο, μαρτύριο tortura piin عذاب tuska torture עינוי संताप mučenje, patnja kín(lódás) siksaan e-ð sem orsakar kvöl tortura 苦痛 고통 kankynė, kančia mocības seksa marteling seigpining, lidelse, kval męczarnia سكنجه tortura tortură муки muky muka mučenje kval, pina ความทรมาน azap, ıstırap 痛苦,折磨 мука, страждання تکليف، اذيت sự chịu đựng 痛苦,折磨
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torture
→ تَعْذِيب , يُعَذِّبُ mučení, mučit tortur, torturere Folter , foltern βασανίζω , βασανιστήριο tortura , torturar kiduttaa, kidutus torture , torturer mučenje, mučiti tortura , torturare 拷問, 拷問にかける 고문, 고문하다 martelen , marteling tortur , torturere torturować , tortury tortura , torturar пытать , пытка tortera, tortyr การทรมาน, ทรมาน işkence , işkence etmek sự tra tấn, tra tấn 刑讯逼供 , 折磨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
torture
n. tortura, gran sufrimiento; castigo.
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torture
n tortura; vt torturarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.