torture

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony.

An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish.

To subject (a person or animal) to torture.

To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). synonym: afflict.

To overwork, misinterpret, or distort.

The act of inflicting severe pain as a punishment, as a means of persuasion, or in revenge; specifically, the act of inflicting such pain under the orders of a court of justice, royal commission, ecclesiastical organization, or other legal or self-constituted judge or authority, especially as a supposed means of extorting the truth from an accused person or as a commutative punishment (also called specifically judicial torture); the pain so inflicted.

In general, the act, operation, or process of inflicting excruciating pain, physical or mental.

Excruciating pain; extreme anguish of body or mind; agony; anguish; torment.

Synonyms Agony, Anguish, Pang, etc. See agony and list under pang.