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Results for: "torture"

Translating from English to Estonian

Translations:

torture — intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony
→ piinamine
→ piin
torture — to inflict severe pain deliberately
→ piinama
→ piin

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (5)

1. extreme mental distress;
[syn: anguish, torment, torture]

2. unbearable physical pain;
[syn: torture, torment]

3. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
- Example: "an agony of doubt"
- Example: "the torments of the damned"
[syn: agony, torment, torture]

4. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean;
[syn: distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting]

5. the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason;
- Example: "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
[syn: torture, torturing]


VERB (2)

1. torment emotionally or mentally;
[syn: torment, torture, excruciate, rack]

2. subject to torture;
- Example: "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
[syn: torture, excruciate, torment]