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1. (noun) anguish, torment, torture
extreme mental distress
Synonyms: badgering, distortion, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, straining, harassment, torture, anguish, bedevilment, twisting, agony, curse, torment

2. (noun) torture, torment
unbearable physical pain
Synonyms: badgering, harassment, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, agony, torture, anguish, bedevilment, curse, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

3. (noun) agony, torment, torture
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
Synonyms: badgering, distortion, worrying, overrefinement, torturing, straining, harassment, excruciation, torture, anguish, bedevilment, suffering, twisting, agony, curse, torment

4. (noun) distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
Synonyms: overrefinement, straining, strain, torturing, spin, twist, optical aberration, twisting, aberration, whirl, twirl, distortion, deformation, agony, torture, distorted shape, anguish, torment

5. (verb) torture, torturing
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
Synonyms: overrefinement, torturing, agony, torture, anguish, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

6. (verb) torment, torture, excruciate, rack
torment emotionally or mentally
Synonyms: squeeze, gouge, bedevil, wring, extort, rack, rag, single-foot, excruciate, torture, crucify, scud, dun, frustrate, torment

7. (verb) torture, excruciate, torment
subject to torture
Synonyms: bedevil, rack, rag, excruciate, torture, crucify, dun, frustrate, torment

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