torture
Definition
- n. unbearable physical pain
- n. 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
- v. subject to torture
Word forms
- Past participle
- tortured
- Past tense
- tortured
- Present participle
- torturing
- Third person singular
- tortures
Example sentences
n.
The thought of losing her job was a constant torture in his mind.
vt.
The cruel villain tortured the hero to get information.