torture
Definitions
Noun
- Extreme mental distress
- Unbearable physical pain
- Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 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
Verb
- Torment emotionally or mentally
- Subject to torture
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Words that contain the term "torture".
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| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | structure | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | overture | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | torque | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | overtures | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | tortures | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | toured | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | torturer | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | torturers | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | torre | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | torrez | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | torrey | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | torres | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | torturous | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | torturing | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tortorice | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | tornatore | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | stricture | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ture | 1 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
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📰 This Word in the News:
‘We returned from hell’: Palestinian journalists recount torture in Israeli prisons
Feb 19, 2026 Committee to Protect Journalists
Feb 19, 2026 Committee to Protect Journalists
Accused Serial Kitten Killer Arrested After Torturing Animal, Fleeing with Its Remains: Police
Jul 25, 2026 People.com
Jul 25, 2026 People.com
Long Island family seeks justice in torture death of 7-year-old Jor'Dynn Duncan
Jun 23, 2026 ABC7 New York
Jun 23, 2026 ABC7 New York
Last Holdout In Infamous Uinta Moose Torture Case Pleads Guilty, Avoids Trial
Jul 27, 2026 Cowboy State Daily
Jul 27, 2026 Cowboy State Daily
Duque v. Colombia: Psychological Torture and Harassment of Human Rights Defender
Jul 14, 2026 Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
Jul 14, 2026 Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center