0 present participle of torture
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.
He was tortured in prison.
They were tortured until they revealed where the weapons were hidden.
If they catch him, they will torture him.
As a child, he liked to torture insects.
NYA ORD
European
May 10, 2021
DAGENS ORD
Shimmer
torturing