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torture

/ˈtɔːtʃə/

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- 1. the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something: "the torture of political prisoners" Similar infliction of painabusetormentill treatmentmaltreatmentharsh treatmentpunishmentpersecution
- ▪ great physical or mental suffering or anxiety: "the torture I've gone through because of loving you so" Similar tormentagonysufferingpainanguishmiserydistressheartbreakafflictiontraumawretchednesswoehellpurgatoryrare:excruciationOpposite pleasure
- ▪ a cause of great suffering or anxiety: "dances were absolute torture because I was so small"
verb
- 1. inflict severe pain or suffering on: "most of the victims had been brutally tortured" Similar inflict pain oninflict suffering ontormentill-treatabusemistreatmaltreatmolestscourgewoundput someone on the rackpersecutepunishinformal:work overgive someone the worksOpposite relievecomfort
- ▪ cause great mental suffering or anxiety to: "he was tortured by grief" Similar tormentafflictharrowplaguedistressagonizecause agony tocause suffering toinflict anguish oncrucifyrackpainmortifyworrytroublebeset
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.
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www.britannica.com › topic › tortureTorture | Human Rights, Psychological Effects & Prevention

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Jul 4, 2024 · torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally committed by a public official or other person exercising comparable power and authority.
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Jul 12, 2023 · Torture is when someone deliberately inflicts mental or physical pain on another person for a specific purpose, where the state is involved or is unable or unwilling to prevent it. Torture is still used by governments, security forces and police, and rebel or insurgent groups across the world to silence and control.
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Torture is when somebody in an official capacity inflicts severe mental or physical pain or suffering on somebody else for a specific purpose. Sometimes authorities torture a person to extract a confession for a crime, or to get information from them.
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Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment. Some definitions restrict torture to acts carried out by the state, while others include non-state organizations.
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Torture is the intentional destruction of a human being by another. The methods by which severe pain and suffering are inflicted vary, but they all have the same objective: to break a person, erase them as an individual, and deny they are human.
www.bbc.co.uk › ethics › tortureBBC - Ethics - Torture: Introduction

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Aug 3, 2007 · Torture involves deliberately inflicting physical or mental pain on a person without legal cause. This includes threats to family members and loved ones.
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What is torture? Torture is the intentional destruction of a human being by another. The methods by which severe pain and suffering are inflicted vary, but they all have the same objective: to break a person, erase them as an individual, and deny they are human.

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This manual provides international guidelines for the assessment of persons who allege torture and ill-treatment, for investigating cases of alleged torture, and for reporting findings to the judiciary or any other investigative body.