torture

Words with a similar base: torture

'torture'

[anguish.n.01] as in: extreme mental distress

'torture'

[torture.n.02] as in: unbearable physical pain

'torture'

[agony.n.01] as in: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

Examples:
an agony of doubt
the torments of the damned

'torture'

[distortion.n.05] as in: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

'torture'

[torture.n.05] as in: 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

Examples:
it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession

'torture'

[torment.v.01] as in: torment emotionally or mentally

'torture'

[torture.v.02] as in: subject to torture

Examples:
The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible

Origins

					torture (English)
└── tortura (Latin)
    ├── torqueo (Latin)
    └── tortus (Latin)
        └── torquere (Latin)

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