| noun | 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” |
| verb | torment emotionally or mentally |
| verb | subject to torture “The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible” |
| adjective | extremely painful |
| torture | verb | subject to torture |
| torment | noun | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
| tormenter | noun | someone who torments |
| tormentor | noun | someone who torments |
| torture | noun | intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain |
| torturer | noun | someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion) |
| excruciation | noun | a state of acute pain |
| rack | noun | an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| torturing | noun | 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 |