"torture" meaning in Englisch

See torture in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: tɔːtʃə(r) Audio: En-us-torture.ogg Forms: the torture [singular], the tortures [plural]
  1. das Hinzufügen von starken Schmerzen zur Bestrafung oder Überredung
    Sense id: de-torture-en-noun-BNx02KEX
  2. große körperliche oder seelische Schmerzen oder Qualen
    Sense id: de-torture-en-noun-tzBFDk3y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: affliction, ordeal, torment, affliction, agony, anguish, martyrdom, ordeal, rack, torment Hyponyms: impalement Derived forms: death by torture Coordinate_terms: pang Translations (das Hinzufügen von starken Schmerzen zur Bestrafung oder Überredung): Folterung (Deutsch), Folter (Deutsch) Translations (große körperliche oder seelische Schmerzen oder Qualen): Tortur (Deutsch), Marter (Deutsch), Folterqual (Deutsch), Qual (Deutsch)

Verb

Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present torture, he tortures, she tortures, it tortures, simple past tortured, present participle torturing, past participle tortured
  1. foltern, martern, quälen, peinigen
    Sense id: de-torture-en-verb-h4Bx5i8P
  2. (zum Beispiel Text) entstellen
    Sense id: de-torture-en-verb-qU9jDNZ9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations ((zum Beispiel Text) entstellen): entstellen (Deutsch) Translations (foltern, martern, quälen, peinigen): foltern (Deutsch), martern (Deutsch), quälen (Deutsch), peinigen (Deutsch)
Categories (other): Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Verb (Englisch), Siehe auch Synonyms: torment, distress, agonize, rack, excruciate, pain extremely, put to extreme pain, martyr, impale, garble, misrepresent, distort, pervert, misapply, twist

Inflected forms

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