torturing
- noun
- /ˈtɔːrtʃərɪŋ/
- Offensive
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tortura
- What justification do we have for torturing and killing innocent beings?
What justification do we have for torturing and killing innocent beings?
- What justification do we have for torturing and killing innocent beings?
- They engage in all sorts of torture, some of which is sexual with her.
- The he was infamous and notorious for torturing.
- You want to overcome your horrible history of mutually antagonizing, torturing, threatening, frightening one another?
- Rizzo was thrown under the bus by sort of the general public, for he was the fall guy for the torture campaign.
- For example, if people have me question about torturing, I don't believe in torture.
Examples
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Two foes in fact, who thought that our legacy should be torturing the third.
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For example, if people have me question about torturing, I don't believe in torture.
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In both cases, before the torturing ends goes in.
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Torturing is "a part of human nature."
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Now, the repeated use of the word Allah Akbar after murdering and torturing an innocent person.
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In the name of lightly torturing our crew, it's time for tasting the limits of spaghetti and meatballs.
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You want to overcome your horrible history of mutually antagonizing, torturing, threatening, frightening one another?
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The notion is to keep the business we already have by solving problems and putting the notion in the customer's head that when he's opening a new Noldo Torturing Center and thus requires a supplier of racks, he should call us to let us know so we can make it happen.
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They, they're constantly policing their own ranks, brutally murdering, torturing typically first, then brutally murdering.
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The report detailed the unacceptable practice of torturing prisoners to extract information.
Synonyms
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7.1
Severe physical or mental pain one person causes another to get information
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The act of making someone do something by using threats or violence
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Cruel treatment that hurts people or animals physically and emotionally
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An act of treating someone very cruelly or making them cruel through violence
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An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
The act of causing very severe pain to someone
How Painful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Torturing comes from the old Latin word torquere, which means 'to twist'. The same root appears in English words like distort and torture, so torturing is like 'twisting' someone by causing pain to force them to tell something or to punish them.