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Definitioner
Substantiv
- Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
- (chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
Verb
- (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
Exempel
- Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.
- In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
- People confess to anything under torture.
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!
- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
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