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"ref": "2014 January 16, 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.",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ሥቃይ"
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"word": "যন্ত্রণা"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ညှဉ်းပမ်း"
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"roman": "adagiludi",
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"word": "ᎠᏓᎩᎷᏗ"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ᎠᏓᎩᎵᏲᏍᏙᏗ"
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"roman": "zhémó",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "折磨"
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"roman": "jiān'áo",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "煎熬"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"roman": "kùxíng",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "酷刑"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"word": "veivakararawataki"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "kidutus"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"word": "tortura"
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"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣ameba",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "წამება"
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"roman": "balweins",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"word": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
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"word": "βάσανος"
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"roman": "trās",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"word": "ત્રાસ"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "azabtarwa"
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"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "hoʻomāinoino'"
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"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "inuyím",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "עינויים"
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"roman": "yantraṇā",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"roman": "santāpan",
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"word": "संतापन"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "kínzás"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"tags": [
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"word": "pynting"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "tormento"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
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"word": "pianadh"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "拷問"
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"word": "азаптау"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "қинау"
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ទារុណកម្ម"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "고문"
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"_dis1": "83 11 6",
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "şkence"
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"word": "кыйноо"
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "kān thǭ la mān",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ການທໍລະມານ"
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"_dis1": "83 11 6",
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "kān thǭ ra mān",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ການທໍຣະມານ"
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"_dis1": "83 11 6",
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "thā run kam",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ທາຣຸນກັມ"
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"code": "lo",
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"roman": "thā lun kam",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"word": "ທາລຸນກັມ"
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"word": "kankinimas"
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"roman": "máčenje",
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"roman": "tórmoz",
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"roman": "tormózenje",
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"word": "тормо́зење"
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"word": "торту́ра"
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"_dis1": "83 11 6",
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"word": "fampijaliana"
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"code": "mn",
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],
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],
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],
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],
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],
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"code": "vi",
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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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"feminine"
],
"word": "Tortur"
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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",
"word": "խոշտանգել"
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
"word": "işgəncə vermək"
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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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"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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"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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"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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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
"word": "torturar"
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "got",
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"roman": "balwjan",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
"word": "𐌱𐌰𐌻𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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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",
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gomunhada",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
"word": "고문하다"
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{
"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",
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"lang": "Latin",
"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": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "mači",
"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "mn",
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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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"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": "ang",
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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "ang",
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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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"sense": "to intentionally inflict unnecessary pain or suffering on helpless victims",
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"code": "non",
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"ref": "2014 January 16, 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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{
"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)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The \"suffering of the heart\" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly literary) The \"suffering of the heart\" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"literary",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"(often as \"absolute torture\") Stage fright; severe embarrassment."
],
"links": [
[
"Stage fright",
"stage fright"
],
[
"embarrassment",
"embarrassment"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) (often as \"absolute torture\") Stage fright; severe embarrassment."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "torcher"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-torture.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/En-us-torture.ogg/En-us-torture.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/En-us-torture.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:torture",
"word": "torture"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:torture",
"word": "torment"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"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"
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{
"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",
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"roman": "tortúry",
"sense": "intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony",
"tags": [
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"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"
}
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"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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"torture"
],
"word": "torture"
}
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