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(verb) subject to torture |
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Synonyms: excruciate, torment |
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Related Words: injure, martyr, martyrize, rack, wound |
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| 2. |
(noun) the act of torturing someone |
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Synonyms: torturing |
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Related Words: crucifixion, excruciation, persecution |
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(noun) unbearable physical pain |
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Synonyms: torment |
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Related Words: hurting, pain |
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(verb) torment emotionally or mentally |
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Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torment |
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Related Words: anguish, hurt, pain |
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(noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" |
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Synonyms: agony, torment |
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Related Words: hurt, suffering |
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(noun) extreme mental distress |
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Synonyms: anguish, torment |
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Related Words: distress, hurt, suffering |
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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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Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting |
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Related Words: falsehood, falsification, misrepresentation |
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