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- pronunciation:
- tor
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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Parts
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verb |
| inflections: |
tortures, torturing, tortured |
| definition: |
If one person tortures another person, they cause them horrible pain on purpose. They might do it to get some information from them, or they might do it just to be cruel.
The soldiers tortured the prisoner to make him tell his secret.- synonyms:
- rack
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| related words: |
afflict |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When someone causes terrible pain to a person on purpose, it is called torture.
The prisoner escaped torture when he broke free from the guards.- similar words:
- abuse
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| definition 2: |
We sometimes call strong emotional pain or difficulty "torture."
To see her child suffering was torture for the little girl's mother, who was not able to do anything to help.Speaking in front of a large audience is torture for Mr. Evans, but sometimes he has to do it.- synonyms:
- agony
- similar words:
- distress, pain
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| related words: |
nightmare |
| derivations: |
torturous (adj.), torturingly (adv.), torturer (n.) |
The word torture
contains the following parts:
tort
Latin
root
that means twist
  Example words:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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