The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal in order to punish, to coerce or for sheer cruelty.
To intentionally inflict physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal in order to punish, to coerce or for sheer cruelty.
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
extreme mental distress
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
torment emotionally or mentally
subject to torture
unbearable physical pain
the act of torturing someone
the act of torturing someone; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
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
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
