torture
has definitions from the fields of psychology,medicine
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[ verb ] subject to torture
Synonyms Examples "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)But when a board of inquiry was called to look_into the charges of cowardice made against him , the men who had seen Reno leave the battlefield and the officer who had heard Reno suggest that the wounded be left to be tortured by the Sioux , refused to say a harsh word against him . |
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[ noun ] the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
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[ noun ] the act of torturing someone
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