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Torture
torture
(tortures, torturing, tortured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If someone is tortured, another person deliberately causes them great pain over a period of time, in order to punish them or to make them reveal information. French police are convinced that she was tortured and killed... They never again tortured a prisoner in his presence. VERB: be V-ed, V n • Torture is also a noun. ...alleged cases of torture and murder by the security forces... N-VAR 2. To torture someone means to cause them to suffer mental pain or anxiety. He would not torture her further by trying to argue with her... She tortured herself with fantasies of Bob and his new girlfriend. = torment VERB: V n, V pron-refl 3. If you say that something is torture or a torture, you mean that it causes you great mental or physical suffering. (INFORMAL) Waiting for the result was torture... N-UNCOUNT: also a N
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, past participle of torquere to twist; probably akin to Old High German drahsil turner, Greek atraktos spindle Date: 1540 1. a. anguish of body or mind ; agony b. something that causes agony or pain 2. the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure 3. distortion or overrefinement of a meaning or an argument ; straining II. transitive verb (~d; torturing) Date: 1588 1. to cause intense suffering to ; torment 2. to punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain 3. to twist or wrench out of shape ; distort, warp Synonyms: see afflict • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 the infliction of severe bodily pain esp. as a punishment or a means of persuasion. 2 severe physical or mental suffering (the torture of defeat). --v.tr. 1 subject to torture (tortured by guilt). 2 force out of a natural position or state; deform; pervert. Derivatives torturable adj. torturer n. torturous adj. torturously adv. Etymology: F f. LL tortura twisting (as TORT) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пытка refined torture —- изощренная пытка torture chamber —- камера пыток instrument of torture —- орудие пытки the tortures of ancient times —- пытки, применявшиеся в старину to put (to subject) smb. to (the) torture —- подвергать кого-л. пытке to die from tortures —- умереть от пыток 2. муки, агония the tortures of the damned —- адские муки to suffer tortures from a toothache —- мучиться зубной болью 3. причина, источник муки the sight was a torture to him —- это зрелище доставляло ему невыносимые муки the day was one long torture for him —- этот день был для него затянувшейся пыткой 4. испытание, переплет; переделка the torture of a boat by the pounding waves —- лодка стала игрушкой волн; волны изрядно потрепали лодку 5. редк. сильное искажение, извращение (смысла и т. п.) 6. пытать to torture animals —- мучить (истязать) животных to torture a prisoner until he makes a confession —- пытать узника до тех пор, пока он не признается 7. мучить, терзать tortured by gout —- мучимый подагрой don't torture me by keeping me in suspense —- не мучьте меня неизвестностью it tortured him to think about it —- думать об этом было для него мукой 8. искажать; извращать (смысл и т. п.) to torture words (to make them fit one's argument) —- искажать смысл слов (для подтверждения сказанного) you torture my idea —- вы искажаете (извращаете) мою мысль 9. закручивать, скручивать a room full of tortured mahogany —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) пытка; to put to the torture - подвергать пытке 2) муки, агония Syn: see misery 2. v. 1) пытать 2) мучить; he is tortured with headaches - его мучают головные боли ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 an act of deliberately hurting someone in order to force them to tell you something, to punish them, or to be cruel (He died after five days of excruciating torture.) 2 severe physical or mental suffering (Hearing her practice the violin is torture!) ~2 v 1 to deliberately hurt someone to force them to give you information, to punish them, or to be cruel (Political opponents of the regime may be tortured.) 2 if a feeling or knowledge tortures you, it makes you suffer mentally (tortured by guilt) - torturer n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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