torture in English: The act of hurting someone badly on purpose, often to make them talk or to punish them. (noun)

Translation

The act of hurting someone badly on purpose, often to make them talk or to punish them.

Word origin

From Latin torquere, meaning to twist.

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"Torture" is uncountable here, so it has no plural.

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Here "torture" is the cruel treatment he was given.

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People also say "torture" about something that feels very hard to bear.

pain

The bad feeling in your body when you are hurt or ill.

hurt

To cause pain to someone, or to feel pain.

suffer

To feel pain, sadness, or other bad things, often for a long time.

prisoner

A person who is kept in a prison, or who is held and cannot go free.

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

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