torture
Definitions
Noun
- Extreme mental distress
- Unbearable physical pain
- Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 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
Verb
- Torment emotionally or mentally
- Subject to torture
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Words that contain the term "torture".
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | structure | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | overture | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | torque | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | overtures | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | tortures | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | toured | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | torturer | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | torturers | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | torre | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | torrez | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | torrey | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | torres | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | torturous | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | torturing | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tortorice | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | tornatore | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | stricture | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ture | 1 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
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This Word in the News:
New Reports Expose Iran’s Shocking Use of Rape, Torture to Crush Protests
Mar 16, 2026 Algemeiner.com
Mar 16, 2026 Algemeiner.com
'Broom, wiper, belt, kitchen knife used to torture kid? UP man, his 2nd wife held after boy, 4, dies of i
Mar 16, 2026 The Times of India
Mar 16, 2026 The Times of India
Salida couple charged with torturing 11-year-old for about a year, prosecutors say
Mar 16, 2026 Modesto Bee
Mar 16, 2026 Modesto Bee
St. Clair Shores man charged with animal torture, accused of kicking, slamming dog
Mar 17, 2026 CBS News
Mar 17, 2026 CBS News