tortures
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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| 1 | structures | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | tours | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | textures | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | torture | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | overtures | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | tortuous | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | torrents | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | strictures | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | torturers | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | torturer | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | torres | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | torturous | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | torrens | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | totes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | torts | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | torre | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | tourneys | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ruptures | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 64
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Mom sues Suffolk County over daughter's torture, death in guardianship case
Jul 7, 2026 NBC New York
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Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison
Mar 26, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 26, 2026 The Guardian
Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
Feb 25, 2026 Center for Human Rights in Iran
Feb 25, 2026 Center for Human Rights in Iran

