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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| # | 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:
“They called the torture ‘drinking coffee.’ They used electric currents, old telephone wires, and applied shocks.”
Mar 6, 2026 United Nations in Ukraine
Mar 6, 2026 United Nations in Ukraine
Philippines: Testimony points to torture and other abuses by police as new protests loom
Nov 24, 2025 Amnesty International
Nov 24, 2025 Amnesty International
Johnny Plummer says Chicago police tortured him into murder confession at 15
Aug 26, 2026 FOX 32 Chicago
Aug 26, 2026 FOX 32 Chicago
Safeguarding the absolute prohibition of torture in the current global context | Other events | Events | DROI | Committees
Jun 16, 2026 European Parliament
Jun 16, 2026 European Parliament
“You Have Arrived in Hell”: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison | HRW
Nov 12, 2025 Human Rights Watch
Nov 12, 2025 Human Rights Watch