torture
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |C1| tor‧ture /ˈtɔːtʃə $ ˈtɔːrtʃər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
torture verb [transitive]
شکنجه کردن؛ شکنجه
عذاب دادن، زجر دادن، قانون فقه: شکنجه دادن، روانشناسی: شکنجه
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Synonyms & Related Words torture[verb]Synonyms:- torment, afflict, crucify, distress, persecute, put on the rack, rack
[noun]Synonyms:- agony, anguish, distress, pain, persecution, suffering, torment
Related Idioms: put on the rack, put to torture
Related Words: oppress,
persecute,
wrong,
hurt,
wound,
maim,
mangle,
mutilate [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionary I. tor‧ture1 /ˈtɔːtʃə $ ˈtɔːrtʃər/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: French;
Origin: Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus 'twisted', from torquere; ⇒ torque]
1. an act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force them to tell you something, to punish them, or to be cruel:
He died after five days of excruciating torture.2. severe physical or mental suffering:
The waiting must be torture for you. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. torture2 verb [transitive]1. to deliberately hurt someone in order to force them to give you information, to punish them, or to be cruel:
Political opponents of the regime may be tortured.2. if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer a lot mentally
Synonym : torment:
Rachel sat alone for hours at home, tortured by jealousy.—torturer noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocations torture noun ADJ. brutal | systematic | mental, physical VERB + TORTURE inflict | suffer TORTURE + NOUN camp, chamber, room | victim [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲
torture verb ADV. badly, brutally, severely | routinely The prisoners were routinely tortured. PHRASES torture sb to death [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲