torture Význam & definícia

Význam torture v slovenčine

• 0 the act of causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do something or to give information, or to be cruel to a person or animal:

  • Half of the prisoners died after torture and starvation.

  • He revealed the secret under torture.

  • The rush-hour traffic was sheer torture as usual.

• 1 to cause great physical or mental pain to someone intentionally:

  • It is claimed that the officers tortured a man to death in a city police station.

  • He tortured himself for years with the thought that he could have stopped the boy from running into the road.

• 2 an injury or severe mental pain:

  • [ C ] All drivers suffer the tortures of traffic and bad weather.

  • [ U ] The museum has many examples of instruments of torture.

• 3 to cause great physical or mental pain to someone:

  • She was tortured by the memory of their last argument.