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torturing

noun

1 torturing

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:
— It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession.

synonym: torture.

Dutch: folteren, martelen, marteling, gemartel
Polish: tortury, męka, męki, kaźń, tortura

adjective

1 torturing

Extremely painful.

synonyms: agonising, agonizing, excruciating, harrowing, torturesome, torturous.


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