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Traditional English :: torture
torture - n. & v.
--n.
    1 the infliction of severe bodily pain esp. as a punishment or a means of persuasion.
    2 severe physical or mental suffering (the torture of defeat).
--v.
    tr.
    1 subject to torture (tortured by guilt).
    2 force out of a natural position or state; deform; pervert.
    torturable adj. torturer n. torturous adj. torturously adv. [F f. LL tortura twisting (as TORT)]
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