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- DictionaryTor·ture/ˈtôrCHər/
noun
- 1. the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something: "the torture of political prisoners"
verb
- 1. inflict severe pain or suffering on: "most of the victims had been brutally tortured"
noun. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. a method of inflicting such pain. Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
Apr 11, 2024 · torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally committed by a public official or other person exercising comparable power and authority.
Torture is when somebody in an official capacity inflicts severe mental or physical pain or suffering on somebody else for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture a person to extract a confession for a crime, or to get information from them. Sometimes torture is simply used as a punishment that spreads fear in society.
Feb 7, 2006 · So torture is: (a) the intentional infliction of extreme physical suffering on some non-consenting, defenceless person, and; (b) the intentional, substantial curtailment of the exercise of the person’s autonomy (achieved by means of (a)). Is this now an adequate definition of torture? Perhaps not.
4 days ago · torture in American English. (ˈtɔrtʃər ) noun. 1. the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc. 2. any method by which such pain is inflicted. 3. any severe physical or mental pain; agony; anguish.
noun. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty. a method of inflicting such pain. Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony. a cause of severe pain or anguish.
/ˈtɔːrtʃər/ [uncountable, countable] the act of causing somebody severe pain in order to punish them or make them say or do something. Many of the refugees have suffered torture. the use of torture. terrible instruments of torture. under torture His confessions were made under torture. I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.
