"torture" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Asturian]

Head templates: {{head|ast|verb form}} torture
  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of torturar Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-ast-verb-4XB806sd Categories (other): Asturian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-torture.ogg [US] Forms: tortures [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terkʷ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|torture}} Middle English torture, {{der|en|fro|torture}} Old French torture, {{der|en|LL.|tortūra|t=a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture}} Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), {{der|en|la|tortus}} Latin tortus, {{m|en|tort}} tort, {{m|la|torquēre|t=to twist}} torquēre (“to twist”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} torture (countable and uncountable, plural tortures)
  1. The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture Synonyms: enhanced interrogation techniques
    Sense id: en-torture-en-noun-qZP2dJje Disambiguation of Torture: 20 22 17 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 16 25 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 19 16 23 20
  2. Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-torture-en-noun-Y-UtDz89 Disambiguation of Torture: 20 22 17 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 16 25 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 19 16 23 20
  3. (in figurative or extended use) An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-torture-en-noun-DyX4pnGO Disambiguation of Torture: 20 22 17 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 16 25 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 19 16 23 20
  4. (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment. Tags: colloquial, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-torture-en-noun-Dytlx-gQ Disambiguation of Torture: 20 22 17 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 16 25 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 19 16 23 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: torture, torment Related terms: tart, torment, tort, torta, agony, agonize Translations ("suffering of heart" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships): չարչարանք (čʿarčʿarankʿ) (Armenian), muka [neuter] (Czech), Tortur [feminine] (German), kínszenvedés (Hungarian), стра́дање (strádanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), страда́ние (stradánie) [neuter] (Macedonian), ма́чење (máčenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ма́ка (máka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tortur [masculine] (Norwegian), страда́ние (stradánije) [neuter] (Russian), му́ка (múka) [feminine] (Russian), муче́ние (mučénije) [neuter] (Russian), suplicio (Spanish), işkence (Turkish), eziyet (Turkish) Translations (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony): marteling (Afrikaans), torturë [feminine] (Albanian), mundim [masculine] (Albanian), ሥቃይ (śəḳay) (Amharic), βάσανος (básanos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَعْذِيب (taʕḏīb) [masculine] (Arabic), عَذَاب (ʕaḏāb) [masculine] (Arabic), կտտանք (kttankʿ) (Armenian), խոշտանգում (xoštangum) (Armenian), tortura [feminine] (Asturian), işgəncə (Azerbaijani), əzab (Azerbaijani), tortura (Basque), катава́нне (katavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), тарту́ра (tartúra) [feminine] (Belarusian), тарту́ры (tartúry) [feminine, plural, usually] (Belarusian), যন্ত্রণা (jontrona) (Bengali), мъче́ние (mǎčénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), изтеза́ние (iztezánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ညှဉ်းပမ်း (hnyany:pam:) (Burmese), tortura [feminine] (Catalan), kasakit (Cebuano), ᎠᏓᎩᎷᏗ (adagiludi) (Cherokee), ᎠᏓᎩᎵᏲᏍᏙᏗ (adagiliyosdodi) (Cherokee), 折磨 (zhémó) (Chinese Mandarin), 煎熬 (jiān'áo) (Chinese Mandarin), 拷問 (Chinese Mandarin), 拷问 (kǎowèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 酷刑 (kùxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), mučení [neuter] (Czech), tortur [common-gender] (Danish), marteling [feminine] (Dutch), foltering [feminine] (Dutch), pijniging [feminine] (Dutch), torturo (Esperanto), piinamine (Estonian), píning [feminine] (Faroese), veivakararawataki (Fijian), kidutus (Finnish), torture [feminine] (French), tortura [feminine] (Galician), წამება (c̣ameba) (Georgian), Folter [feminine] (German), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (balweins) [feminine] (Gothic), βασανιστήρια (vasanistíria) [neuter, plural] (Greek), ત્રાસ (trās) [masculine] (Gujarati), azabtarwa (Hausa), hoʻomāinoino' (Hawaiian), עינויים (inuyím) (Hebrew), यंत्रणा (yantraṇā) [feminine] (Hindi), यातना (yātnā) (Hindi), संतापन (santāpan) (Hindi), kínzás (Hungarian), pynting [feminine] (Icelandic), tormento (Ido), pianadh [masculine] (Irish), 拷問 (gōmon) (alt: ごうもん) (Japanese), азаптау (azaptau) (Kazakh), азап (azap) (Kazakh), қинау (qinau) (Kazakh), ទារុណកម្ម (tiərunkam) (Khmer), 고문 (gomun) (alt: 拷問) (Korean), кыйноо (kıynoo) (Kyrgyz), азап (azap) (Kyrgyz), ການທໍລະມານ (kān thǭ la mān) (Lao), ການທໍຣະມານ (kān thǭ ra mān) (Lao), ທາຣຸນກັມ (thā run kam) (Lao), ທາລຸນກັມ (thā lun kam) (Lao), cruciāmen [neuter] (Latin), cruciātus [masculine] (Latin), spīdzināšana [feminine] (Latvian), kankinimas [masculine] (Lithuanian), ма́чење (máčenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), то́рмоз (tórmoz) [masculine] (Macedonian), тормо́зење (tormózenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), торту́ра (tortúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), fampijaliana (Malagasy), эрүү (erüü) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), тамлалт (tamlalt) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tortuthe [feminine] (Norman), şkence (Northern Kurdish), îşkence (Northern Kurdish), tortur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tortur [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tortura [feminine] (Occitan), clæmnes [feminine] (Old English), tintreg [neuter] (Old English), witnung [feminine] (Old English), pinung [feminine] (Old English), شکنجه (škanja) [feminine] (Pashto), عذاب ('azāb) [masculine] (Pashto), تعذيب (ta'zīb) [masculine] (Pashto), شکنجه (šekanje) (Persian), عذاب ('azâb) (Persian), تعذیب (ta'zib) (Persian), Kjwal [feminine] (Plautdietsch), tortura [feminine] (Polish), tortury [feminine, plural, usually] (Polish), tortura [feminine] (Portuguese), tormento [masculine] (Portuguese), suplício [masculine] (Portuguese), ਤਸ਼ੱਦਦ (taśaddad) (Punjabi), tortură [feminine] (Romanian), chin [neuter] (Romanian), пы́тка (pýtka) [feminine] (Russian), истяза́ние (istjazánije) [neuter] (Russian), муче́ние (mučénije) [neuter] (Russian), faʻatāugā (Samoan), cràdh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), мучење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), торту́ра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mučenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), tortúra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kurwadziswa (Shona), වධ (wadha) (Sinhalese), mučenie [neuter] (Slovak), mučenje [neuter] (Slovene), tlhokofatso (Sotho), tortura [feminine] (Spanish), tortyr [common-gender] (Swedish), anei (Tahitian), азоб (azob) (Tajik), шиканҷа (šikanja) (Tajik), చిత్రహింస (citrahiṁsa) (Telugu), การทรมาน (gaan-tɔɔ-rá-maan) (Thai), ทารุณกรรม (taa-run-ná-gam) (Thai), fakamamahi'i (Tongan), işkence (Turkish), eziyet (Turkish), güzap (Turkmen), azap (Turkmen), basmarlamak (Turkmen), торту́ра (tortúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), катува́ння (katuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), торту́ри (tortúry) [feminine, plural, usually] (Ukrainian), ئازاب (azab) (Uyghur), قىيناش (qiynash) (Uyghur), qiynoq (Uzbek), iskanja (Uzbek), azob (Uzbek), nhục hình (Vietnamese), sự tra tấn (Vietnamese), tom (Volapük), artaith (Welsh), arteithiau [feminine, plural] (Welsh), marteling (West Frisian), sentuthumbo (Xhosa), эрэй (erey) (Yakut), פּײַניקונג (paynikung) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Derived forms: bamboo torture, breast torture, C&B torture, C & B torture, C and B torture, Chinese water torture, cock and ball torture, pussy torture, surf torture, torture chamber, torture stake, torture test, torture-test, torture warrant Disambiguation of '"suffering of heart" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships': 34 29 17 19 Disambiguation of "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony": 34 38 13 15

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ [General-American], /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-torture.ogg [US] Forms: tortures [present, singular, third-person], torturing [participle, present], tortured [participle, past], tortured [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terkʷ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|torture}} Middle English torture, {{der|en|fro|torture}} Old French torture, {{der|en|LL.|tortūra|t=a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture}} Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), {{der|en|la|tortus}} Latin tortus, {{m|en|tort}} tort, {{m|la|torquēre|t=to twist}} torquēre (“to twist”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} torture (third-person singular simple present tortures, present participle torturing, simple past and past participle tortured)
  1. (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Torture Derived forms: torturee, torturer Translations (to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims): mundoj (Albanian), βασανίζω (basanízō) (Ancient Greek), عَذَّبَ (ʕaḏḏaba) (Arabic), խոշտանգել (xoštangel) (Armenian), torturar (Asturian), işgəncə vermək (Azerbaijani), torturatu (Basque), катава́ць (katavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), му́чыць (múčycʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), мъ́ча (mǎ́ča) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), измъ́чвам (izmǎ́čvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), измъ́ча (izmǎ́ča) [perfective] (Bulgarian), изтеза́вам (iztezávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), ညှဉ်း (hnyany:) (Burmese), torturar (Catalan), pasakitan (Cebuano), 拷問 (Chinese Mandarin), 拷问 (kǎowèn) (Chinese Mandarin), 折磨 (zhémó) (Chinese Mandarin), мѫчити (mǫčiti) [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Church Slavic), mučit [imperfective] (Czech), tortere (Danish), torturere (Danish), martelen (Dutch), folteren (Dutch), torturi (Esperanto), piinama (Estonian), kiduttaa (Finnish), torturer (French), torturar (Galician), foltern (German), 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (balwjan) (Gothic), βασανίζω (vasanízo) (Greek), עִנָּה (Hebrew), kínoz (Hungarian), tormentar (Ido), torturare (Italian), 拷問する (gōmon suru) (alt: ごうもんする) (Japanese), 고문하다 (gomunhada) (Korean), ທໍລະມານ (thǭ la mān) (Lao), komuot (Latgalian), cruciō (Latin), torqueō (Latin), mācerō [Mediaeval] (Latin), mocīt (Latvian), kamuoti (Lithuanian), мачи (mači) [imperfective] (Macedonian), измачи (izmači) [perfective] (Macedonian), тамлах (tamlax) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), tortuther [Jersey] (Norman), torturere (Norwegian), мучити (mučiti) [imperfective] (Old East Slavic), gecwealmbæran (Old English), tintregian (Old English), witnian (Old English), pinian (Old English), kvelja (Old Norse), pína (Old Norse), torturować [imperfective] (Polish), katować [imperfective] (Polish), męczyć [imperfective] (Polish), torturar (Portuguese), tortura (Romanian), chinui (Romanian), пыта́ть (pytátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), му́чить (múčitʹ) (english: torment) [imperfective] (Russian), истяза́ть (istjazátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), लुम्बति (lumbati) (Sanskrit), му̏чити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), mȕčiti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), mučiť [imperfective] (Slovak), mučiti [imperfective] (Slovene), torturar (Spanish), tortera (Swedish), ทรมาน (tɔɔ-rá-maan) (Thai), eziyet etmek (Turkish), işkence etmek (Turkish), катува́ти (katuváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), му́чити (múčyty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), tra tấn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-torture-en-verb-Bk-Pgtbw Disambiguation of Torture: 20 22 17 22 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 18 16 25 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 19 16 23 20

Noun [French]

IPA: /tɔʁ.tyʁ/ Audio: Fr-torture.ogg [France, Paris] Forms: tortures [plural]
Rhymes: -yʁ Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|LL.|tortūra|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin tortūra, {{inh+|fr|LL.|tortūra}} Inherited from Late Latin tortūra, {{inh|fr|la|tortus}} Latin tortus, {{m|la|torqueō}} torqueō Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} torture f (plural tortures)
  1. torture Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Torture Derived forms: torturer Related terms: tordre, tort
    Sense id: en-torture-fr-noun-knDIw4vi Disambiguation of Torture: 34 39 27

Verb [French]

IPA: /tɔʁ.tyʁ/ Audio: Fr-torture.ogg [France, Paris]
Rhymes: -yʁ Etymology: Inherited from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|LL.|tortūra|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin tortūra, {{inh+|fr|LL.|tortūra}} Inherited from Late Latin tortūra, {{inh|fr|la|tortus}} Latin tortus, {{m|la|torqueō}} torqueō Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} torture
  1. inflection of torturer:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-torture-fr-verb-fSy~8UhS Disambiguation of Torture: 34 39 27 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 17 56 27
  2. inflection of torturer:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-torture-fr-verb-qaURvPhS Disambiguation of Torture: 34 39 27

Verb [Galician]

Head templates: {{head|gl|verb form}} torture
  1. inflection of torturar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-gl-verb-5XUFScvG Categories (other): Galician entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Galician entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of torturar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-gl-verb-05rBaKrN

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /torˈtu.re/
Rhymes: -ure Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f}} torture f
  1. plural of tortura Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: tortura
    Sense id: en-torture-it-noun-jXweREKA Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Latin]

IPA: /torˈtuː.re/ [Classical], [t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrɛ] [Classical], /torˈtu.re/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [t̪orˈt̪uːre] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: tortūre [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=tortūre}} tortūre
  1. vocative masculine singular of tortūrus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: tortūrus
    Sense id: en-torture-la-verb-E7Hw5cXg Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} torture
  1. inflection of torturar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-pt-verb-5XUFScvG Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of torturar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-pt-verb-05rBaKrN

Verb [Spanish]

IPA: /toɾˈtuɾe/, [t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾe]
Rhymes: -uɾe Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} torture
  1. inflection of torturar: Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-es-verb-5XUFScvG Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 65 35
  2. inflection of torturar: Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: torturar
    Sense id: en-torture-es-verb-05rBaKrN

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for torture meaning in All languages combined (64.7kB)

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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "santāpan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "संतापन"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kínzás"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pynting"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tormento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pianadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "alt": "ごうもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōmon",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "拷問"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azaptau",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азаптау"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azap",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азап"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qinau",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "қинау"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiərunkam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ទារុណកម្ម"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "alt": "拷問",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gomun",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "고문"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "şkence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "îşkence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kıynoo",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "кыйноо"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "azap",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азап"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān thǭ la mān",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ການທໍລະມານ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān thǭ ra mān",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ການທໍຣະມານ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thā run kam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ທາຣຸນກັມ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thā lun kam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ທາລຸນກັມ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cruciāmen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cruciātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spīdzināšana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kankinimas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máčenje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́чење"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tórmoz",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "то́рмоз"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tormózenje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тормо́зење"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tortúra",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "fampijaliana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "erüü",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эрүү"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tamlalt",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тамлалт"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortuthe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clæmnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tintreg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "witnung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "škanja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شکنجه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "'azāb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عذاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ta'zīb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تعذيب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šekanje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "شکنجه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'azâb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "عذاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ta'zib",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "تعذیب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjwal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "tortury"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tormento"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suplício"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "taśaddad",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ਤਸ਼ੱਦਦ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortură"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "chin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pýtka",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пы́тка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istjazánije",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "истяза́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mučénije",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "муче́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "faʻatāugā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cràdh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мучење"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortúra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sn",
      "lang": "Shona",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kurwadziswa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "wadha",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "වධ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tlhokofatso"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tortyr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ty",
      "lang": "Tahitian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "anei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "azob",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азоб"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šikanja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "шиканҷа"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "citrahiṁsa",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "చిత్రహింస"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-tɔɔ-rá-maan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "การทรมาน"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taa-run-ná-gam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ทารุณกรรม"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "fakamamahi'i"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "işkence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "eziyet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "güzap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "azap"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "basmarlamak"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tortúra",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "katuvánnja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "катува́ння"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tortúry",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ри"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "azab",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ئازاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qiynash",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "قىيناش"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "qiynoq"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "iskanja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "azob"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "nhục hình"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "sự tra tấn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "artaith"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "arteithiau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "marteling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 38 13 15",
      "code": "xh",
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          "word": "ညှဉ်း"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "code": "cmn",
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        {
          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "piinama"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "foltern"
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        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "balwjan",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "עִנָּה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "kínoz"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "tormentar"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "torturare"
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        {
          "alt": "ごうもんする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gōmon suru",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "拷問する"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gomunhada",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "고문하다"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "thǭ la mān",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "ທໍລະມານ"
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        {
          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "komuot"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "cruciō"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "torqueō"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mācerō"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "mocīt"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "kamuoti"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mači",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мачи"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "izmači",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "измачи"
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          "code": "mn",
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          "roman": "tamlax",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "тамлах"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tortuther"
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        {
          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "torturere"
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          "code": "cu",
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          "roman": "mǫčiti",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "orv",
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          "roman": "mučiti",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "мучити"
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "gecwealmbæran"
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        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "tintregian"
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        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "witnian"
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        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "pinian"
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          "code": "non",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "kvelja"
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        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "pína"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "torturować"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "word": "męczyć"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "torturar"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "tortura"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "chinui"
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        {
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          "roman": "pytátʹ",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "пыта́ть"
        },
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          "english": "torment",
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          "roman": "múčitʹ",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "му́чить"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "istjazátʹ",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "истяза́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "lumbati",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "लुम्बति"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "му̏чити"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mȕčiti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "mučiť"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
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          "word": "mučiti"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "torturar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "tortera"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tɔɔ-rá-maan",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "ทรมาน"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "eziyet etmek"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
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          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "катува́ти"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "múčyty",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "му́чити"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
          "word": "tra tấn"
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    "English terms with homophones",
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    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of Swedish translations",
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      "word": "bamboo torture"
    },
    {
      "word": "breast torture"
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      "word": "C&B torture"
    },
    {
      "word": "C & B torture"
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    {
      "word": "C and B torture"
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    {
      "word": "Chinese water torture"
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    {
      "word": "cock and ball torture"
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    {
      "word": "pussy torture"
    },
    {
      "word": "surf torture"
    },
    {
      "word": "torture chamber"
    },
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      "word": "torture stake"
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      "word": "torture test"
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          "ref": "2014 January 30, Claire Kramsch, “Language and Culture”, in AILA Review, volume 27, number 5, John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISSN, page 35",
          "text": "If Cheney calls it enhanced interrogation, he argues, this still doesn’t change the meaning of the word torture, which Cheney and the public know perfectly well. But cognitive linguists like Lakoff (1996) remind us that the public can be manipulated into believing that torture is “merely” an enhanced interrogation technique and thus does not protest.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, page 12",
          "text": "Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, \"He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative\" (Summers 2011).",
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          "text": "Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture.",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "text": "What new tortures await me?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "device"
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          "word": "enhanced interrogation techniques"
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        "uncountable"
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      "glosses": [
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          "text": "Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!",
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          "text": "Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. (http://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/article/eleven-months-of-absolute-torture-760652.aspx)"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "marteling"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torturë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mundim"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "śəḳay",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ሥቃይ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕḏīb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَعْذِيب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaḏāb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَذَاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kttankʿ",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "կտտանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xoštangum",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "խոշտանգում"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "işgəncə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "əzab"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "katavánnje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "катава́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tartúra",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тарту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tartúry",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "тарту́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "jontrona",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "যন্ত্রণা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎčénie",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мъче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztezánie",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изтеза́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hnyany:pam:",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ညှဉ်းပမ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kasakit"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adagiludi",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᎩᎷᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adagiliyosdodi",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᎩᎵᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhémó",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "折磨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiān'áo",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "煎熬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "拷問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǎowèn",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "拷问"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kùxíng",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "酷刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marteling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "foltering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pijniging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "torturo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "piinamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "píning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fj",
      "lang": "Fijian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "veivakararawataki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kidutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torture"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣ameba",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "წამება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Folter"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "balweins",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vasanistíria",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "βασανιστήρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "básanos",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βάσανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "trās",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ત્રાસ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "azabtarwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "hoʻomāinoino'"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "inuyím",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "עינויים"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "yantraṇā",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "यंत्रणा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "yātnā",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "यातना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "santāpan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "संतापन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kínzás"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pynting"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tormento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pianadh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうもん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōmon",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "拷問"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azaptau",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азаптау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "azap",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азап"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qinau",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "қинау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiərunkam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ទារុណកម្ម"
    },
    {
      "alt": "拷問",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gomun",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "고문"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "şkence"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "îşkence"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kıynoo",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "кыйноо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "azap",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азап"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān thǭ la mān",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ການທໍລະມານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kān thǭ ra mān",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ການທໍຣະມານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thā run kam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ທາຣຸນກັມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thā lun kam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ທາລຸນກັມ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cruciāmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cruciātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spīdzināšana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kankinimas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máčenje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́чење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tórmoz",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "то́рмоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tormózenje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тормо́зење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tortúra",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "fampijaliana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "erüü",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эрүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tamlalt",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тамлалт"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortuthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clæmnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tintreg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "witnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pinung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "škanja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شکنجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "'azāb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عذاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "ta'zīb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تعذيب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šekanje",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "شکنجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'azâb",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "عذاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ta'zib",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "تعذیب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kjwal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "tortury"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tormento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suplício"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "taśaddad",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ਤਸ਼ੱਦਦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "chin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pýtka",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пы́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istjazánije",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "истяза́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mučénije",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "муче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "faʻatāugā"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cràdh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "мучење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sn",
      "lang": "Shona",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "kurwadziswa"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "wadha",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "වධ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mučenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "st",
      "lang": "Sotho",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tlhokofatso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tortyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ty",
      "lang": "Tahitian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "anei"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "azob",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "азоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "šikanja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "шиканҷа"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "citrahiṁsa",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "చిత్రహింస"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-tɔɔ-rá-maan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "การทรมาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "taa-run-ná-gam",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ทารุณกรรม"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "fakamamahi'i"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "işkence"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "eziyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "güzap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "azap"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "basmarlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tortúra",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "katuvánnja",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "катува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tortúry",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "торту́ри"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "azab",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "ئازاب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qiynash",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "قىيناش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "qiynoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "iskanja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "azob"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "nhục hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "sự tra tấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "tom"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "artaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "arteithiau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "marteling"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "sentuthumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "erey",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "word": "эрэй"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "paynikung",
      "sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּײַניקונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čʿarčʿarankʿ",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "word": "չարչարանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "muka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tortur"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "word": "kínszenvedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "strádanje",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стра́дање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stradánie",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máčenje",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́чење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "máka",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tortur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stradánije",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "страда́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "múka",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "му́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mučénije",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "муче́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "word": "suplicio"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "word": "işkence"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "\"suffering of heart\" imposed by one on another, in personal relationships",
      "word": "eziyet"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "torture"
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "en:Torture"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "torturee"
    },
    {
      "word": "torturer"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "torture"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English torture",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "torture"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French torture",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "tortūra",
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      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "tortus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin tortus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tort"
      },
      "expansion": "tort",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "torquēre",
        "t": "to twist"
      },
      "expansion": "torquēre (“to twist”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).",
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      "form": "tortures",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "torturing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortured",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tortured",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "torture (third-person singular simple present tortures, present participle torturing, simple past and past participle tortured)",
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    }
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    "tor‧ture"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1 August 2014, :Template:W, \"Press Conference by the President\"; transcript published online by the Obama White House Archives, [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president [1]].\nWith respect to the larger point of the RDI report itself, even before I came into office I was very clear that in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values."
        },
        {
          "text": "People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.",
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          "pain",
          "pain"
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        [
          "confession",
          "confession"
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        "transitive"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "homophone": "torcher"
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      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "mundoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaḏḏaba",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "عَذَّبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xoštangel",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "խոշտանգել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "işgəncə vermək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "katavácʹ",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "катава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "múčycʹ",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "му́чыць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎ́ča",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мъ́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmǎ́čvam",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "измъ́чвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmǎ́ča",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "измъ́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iztezávam",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изтеза́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hnyany:",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "ညှဉ်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "pasakitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "拷問"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kǎowèn",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "拷问"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhémó",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "折磨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mučit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tortere"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "martelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "folteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "piinama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "kiduttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "foltern"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "balwjan",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "vasanízo",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "βασανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "basanízō",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "βασανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "עִנָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "kínoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tormentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうもんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōmon suru",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "拷問する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gomunhada",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "고문하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thǭ la mān",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "ທໍລະມານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "komuot"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "cruciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torqueō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Mediaeval"
      ],
      "word": "mācerō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "mocīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "kamuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mači",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мачи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "izmači",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "измачи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tamlax",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "тамлах"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "tortuther"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturere"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "mǫčiti",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мѫчити"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "mučiti",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мучити"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "gecwealmbæran"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tintregian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "witnian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "pinian"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "kvelja"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "pína"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "torturować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "katować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "męczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tortura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "chinui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pytátʹ",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пыта́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "torment",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "múčitʹ",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "му́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istjazátʹ",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "истяза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "lumbati",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "लुम्बति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "му̏чити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mȕčiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mučiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mučiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "torturar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tortera"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔɔ-rá-maan",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "ทรมาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "eziyet etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "işkence etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "katuváty",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "катува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "múčyty",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "му́чити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
      "word": "tra tấn"
    }
  ],
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    "torture"
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
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    }
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        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
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        "sort": "",
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin tortus",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "torqueō"
      },
      "expansion": "torqueō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
      "word": "tort"
    }
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        {
          "english": "With these passages and other similar ones, the poor gentleman lost his judgement. He spent his nights and gave himself torture to understand them, to consider them more deeply, to take from them their deepest meaning, which Aristotle himself would not have been able to do, had he been resurrected for that very purpose.",
          "ref": "1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I",
          "text": "Avec ces propos et d’autres semblables, le pauvre gentilhomme perdait le jugement. Il passait les nuits et se donnait la torture pour les comprendre, pour les approfondir, pour leur tirer le sens des entrailles, ce qu’Aristote lui-même n’aurait pu faire, s’il fût ressuscité tout exprès pour cela.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "torture"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torture",
          "torture#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/tɔʁ.tyʁ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    },
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      "homophone": "torturent"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Fr-torture.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (France, Paris)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "French verb forms",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ/2 syllables",
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        "2": "LL.",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin tortūra",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "tortūra"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "tortus"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "torqueō"
      },
      "expansion": "torqueō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Late Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from torqueō.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "torture",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of torturer:",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torturer",
          "torturer#French"
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      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of torturer:",
        "second-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "torturer#French"
        ]
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      "tags": [
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/tɔʁ.tyʁ/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    },
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      "homophone": "torturent"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tortures"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-torture.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Fr-torture.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Paris"
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      "text": "Audio (France, Paris)"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
    "Galician entries with incorrect language header",
    "Galician non-lemma forms",
    "Galician verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "gl",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "torture",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Galician",
  "lang_code": "gl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "torturar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of torturar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torturar",
          "torturar#Galician"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
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      "glosses": [
        "inflection of torturar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torturar",
          "torturar#Galician"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f"
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      "expansion": "torture f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tor‧tù‧re"
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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian 3-syllable words",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian non-lemma forms",
        "Italian noun forms",
        "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ure",
        "Rhymes:Italian/ure/3 syllables"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "tortura"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of tortura"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tortura",
          "tortura#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/torˈtu.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ure"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tortūre",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "head": "tortūre"
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      "expansion": "tortūre",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 3-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of tortūrus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tortūrus",
          "torturus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/torˈtuː.re/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪ɔrˈt̪uːrɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/torˈtu.re/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪orˈt̪uːre]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Portuguese non-lemma forms",
    "Portuguese verb forms"
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      "name": "head"
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    "tor‧tu‧re"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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          "word": "torturar"
        }
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      ],
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          "torturar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
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        "first-person",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "torturar"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of torturar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
        "third-person singular imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torturar",
          "torturar#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
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        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Spanish/uɾe",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/uɾe/3 syllables",
    "Spanish 3-syllable words",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish non-lemma forms",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish verb forms"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "tor‧tu‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "torturar"
        }
      ],
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        "inflection of torturar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "torturar",
          "torturar#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "torturar"
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        "inflection of torturar:\n## first/third-person singular present subjunctive\n## third-person singular imperative",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
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      ],
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        "inflection of torturar:\n"
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/toɾˈtuɾe/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t̪oɾˈt̪u.ɾe]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uɾe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "torture"
}

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