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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
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
• Syn:
torture
• Derivationally related forms:
torture, torture (for: torture)
• Hypernyms:
persecution
• Hyponyms:
bastinado, falanga, boot, burning, crucifixion,
excruciation, genital torture, judicial torture, kia quen, kittee, nail pulling,
nail removal, picket, piquet, prolonged interrogation, rack, sensory deprivation,
sleep deprivation, strappado, strapado, electric shock, dismemberment, taking apart
extremely painful (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturous, torturesome
• Similar to:
painful
• Derivationally related forms:
torture (for: torturous)
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