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• n  the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
  it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
• v  torment emotionally or mentally
• v  subject to torture
• s  extremely painful

• A few weeks ago, my sister, a professional and a mother of four, was visibly shaken as she watched, on television, Israeli tanks torturing the streets of a refugee camp and .
• Her parents were too scared to let her anywhere near sports, a field controlled by the dictator's ruthless son Ouday known for torturing athletes who underperformed.
• By now, torturing Sylvia had become a neighborhood sport, with at least four other youngsters taking part.

• torture
• torment
• excruciate
• rack
• agonizing
• agonising
• excruciating
• harrowing
• torturous
• torturesome

News & Articles

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• Northville Township man accused of torturing toddler faces boy's mother in court
  The 19-year-old Northville Township man who is accused of beating and torturing a toddler in May was back in 35th District Court today to determine if there is enough evidence against him to take the case to trial.
  June 22, 2013 - Northville Record
• Case of teens accused of torturing, killing kittens sparks outrage
  A case of three western Kentucky teens charged with torturing and killing kittens has sparked outrage and protests.
  June 21, 2013 - WBIR-TV Knoxville
• U.N. Accuses Israel of Torturing Children and Using Palestinian Human Shields
  A United Nations human rights body accused Israeli forces on Thursday of mistreating Palestinian children, including by torturing those in custody and using others as human shields. Click here for the rest of the article...
  June 20, 2013 - The Forward

Quotes

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• Kiefer Sutherland in San Francisco Chronicle
  He's called to face charges of abuse of power and torturing certain individuals in an unlawful manner,Sutherland says. "For the first time, he's put in a position to have to confront a lot of the things that he's done."
• Morgan Tsvangirai in 940 News
  It was easier when it was black and white,Tsvangirai said. "But your own brother against your own brother, torturing, killing. It's brother against brother, it's black against black. (The division is) going to be bitter, it's going to be...
• Fidel Castro in 940 News
  His accusation against internationalist Cuban revolutionaries, using the nickname Fidel to identify one who was capable of 'torturing a prisoner until they died' lacks even a minimum of ethics,Castro wrote.