torture
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈtɔːrtʃər/
- Offensive
:
manipulación
- The author's interpretation of the poem was a clear example of torture, as it misrepresented the original intent of the writer.
- definition of torture
Examples
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Two parts constitute the torture scenes: the "play" mounted in Fuente Ovejuna and the actual torture itself.
Academic text (1991) -
Bookkeeping can be a torture, especially for those who don't understand it.
Blog text (24) -
I told you, the torture was subtle.
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And no amount of torture can extort anything more from this argument.
Academic text (1998) -
Neil wrote one chapter in his new book about the trials and torture of editing.
Blog text (4) -
You spend more time showing how the torture process compromised lawyers than how it compromised health care professionals.
Blog text (4) -
In her essay, she argued that the media often engages in torture when it takes quotes out of context to manipulate public opinion.
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The lawyer explained that the prosecution's distortion of evidence was a form of torture against the truth.
Synonyms
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5.8
A report or statement that gives a false picture of the truth
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6.3
Making facts seem to mean something else
Presenting words or facts so they lose their original meaning
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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7.7
A room where people are made to feel pain to punish or force them to speak
A slow, very annoying experience that makes you feel anxious, like drops falling again and again
- Offensive
Harmful actions by government officials to force a person to confess in a court case
- Informal
A joking way to describe something very annoying or upsetting to experience
How Distorted
- Offensive
11
8.9
19
7.9
26
5.0
25
7.5
11
6.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Torture can also mean the 'twisting' of meaning, and it comes from Latin torquere 'to twist'. So to 'torture' a text or idea is to twist its meaning away from what was meant.