torture

Definitions

General English

• noun making someone suffer pain as a punishment or to make them reveal a secret
• noun extreme mental or physical pain
• verb to inflict mental or physical pain on someone

Law

• verb to hurt someone badly so as to force him or her to give information

Military

• noun a deliberate act of inflicting pain on a person (usually in order to extract information)
• verb to deliberately inflict pain on another person

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Contexts for “torture”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Law
• Military