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Synonyms for torturing
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  1. torture, torturingadjective

    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

    "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

    Synonyms:
    overrefinement, agony, torture, anguish, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

    Antonyms:
    painless

  2. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

    extremely painful

    Synonyms:
    harrowing, excruciating, agonising, torturesome, torturous, agonizing

    Antonyms:
    painless

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  1. List of paraphrases for "torturing":

    torture, tortured

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  1. Natalia Cornelio:

    The government is essentially torturing people by doing this.

  2. Mitch Skandalakis:

    They’re torturing these kids -- from the time they get on the bus they have to wear a mask to the time they get home they wear a mask, that is eight hours even when they are on the playground. These children are suffering, not learning. When they are not wearing masks properly they are being yelled at.

  3. Roberto Salinas Leon:

    Despite U.S. and international sanctions, Ortega continues to hail his rule as an outcome of democratic representation—torturing and jailing anyone who dares stands in his path, what is the proper response in the face of such defiance and the significant deterioration of U.S.-Nicaragua relations?.

  4. Liz Throssell:

    We are deeply concerned that, after recent fighting in Benghazi, people taken prisoner by members of the Libyan National Army, which effectively controls eastern Libya, may be at imminent risk of torture and even summary execution, reports have suggested the involvement of Special Forces, a unit aligned with the LNA, in torturing detainees and summarily executing at least 10 captured men.

  5. Parmesh Bheemreddy:

    These are innocent girls and boys, theyre not criminals. Its mentally and physically torturing. It is a life-changing event for them.


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  • చిత్రహింసలు పెడుతున్నారుTelugu

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