Definitions
subject to torture
Word origin
From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).
Used in a sentence
“People confess to anything under torture.”
“Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.”
“What new tortures await me?”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Extreme torment”7 letters
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