Dutch Meaning of torture
Marteling
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Definitions and Meaning of torture in English
torture (n)
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
torture (v)
torment emotionally or mentally
subject to torture
torture (n.)
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
The act or process of torturing.
torture (v. t.)
To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
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Marteling
extreme mental distress, unbearable physical pain, intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain, the act of distorting something so it seems to
doodsstrijd,Horror,ellende,moord,nachtmerrie,kwelling,Vloek,hel,beproeving,Tragiek
plezier,afleiding,amusement,plezier,hemel,vreugde,plezier,Recreatie,paradijs,oproer
torturable => ondervraagbaar, tortuousness => kronkeligheid, tortuously => kronkelig, tortuous => bochtig, tortuoslty => Kronkeligere,
