torturing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun 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
verb subject to torture

What seekst thou by thy torturing? — Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
WITH NO REGRETS, WITH NO TORTURING REMORSE. — Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Austin Bidwell
Mighty is the power of the torturing lash. — Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

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