torture
verb [T] /ˈtɔː.tʃər/
/ˈtɔːr.tʃɚ/ Definition
C2 to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally: It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in a city police station.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive › to cause mental pain: He tortured himself for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road.Making people sad, shocked and upset torturer /-ər/
/-ɚ/ noun [C] Unpleasant people in generalUnpleasant men
/-ɚ/ noun [C] Unpleasant people in generalUnpleasant men (Definition of torture verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- grind the faces of the poor idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- objectification noun
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
- tyrannize verb
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