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tortures


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  torture 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  torture 
 
  Sense  2 
  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  rack 
  =>  martyr,  martyrize 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  torture 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  torture 
 
  Sense  2 
  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  rack 
  =>  martyr,  martyrize 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  torture 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  torture 
 
  2  senses  of  torture 
 
  Sense  1 
  torment,  torture,  excruciate,  rack 
  =>  pain,  anguish,  hurt 
 
  Sense  2 
  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  injure,  wound 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  torture 
 
  torture  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  torture 
 
  Sense  1 
  torment,  torture,  excruciate,  rack 
  =>  pain,  anguish,  hurt 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  injure,  wound 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  torture 
  instrument  of  torture 
  self-torture 
  torture 
  torture  chamber 
  torturer 
 
  Overview  of  noun  torture 
 
  The  noun  torture  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  anguish,  torment,  torture  --  (extreme  mental  distress) 
  2.  torture,  torment  --  (unbearable  physical  pain) 
  3.  agony,  torment,  torture  --  (intense  feelings  of  suffering;  acute  mental  or  physical  pain;  "an  agony  of  doubt";  "the  torments  of  the  damned") 
  4.  distortion,  overrefinement,  straining,  torture,  twisting  --  (the  act  of  distorting  something  so  it  seems  to  mean  something  it  was  not  intended  to  mean) 
  5.  torture,  torturing  --  (the  act  of  torturing  someone  "it  required  unnatural  torturing  to  extract  a  confession") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  torture 
 
  The  verb  torture  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  torment,  torture,  excruciate,  rack  --  (torment  emotionally  or  mentally) 
  2.  (1)  torture,  excruciate,  torment  --  (subject  to  torture) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  tortures 
  torturesome 
 
  Overview  of  noun  torture 
 
  The  noun  torture  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  anguish,  torment,  torture  --  (extreme  mental  distress) 
  2.  torture,  torment  --  (unbearable  physical  pain) 
  3.  agony,  torment,  torture  --  (intense  feelings  of  suffering;  acute  mental  or  physical  pain;  "an  agony  of  doubt";  "the  torments  of  the  damned") 
  4.  distortion,  overrefinement,  straining,  torture,  twisting  --  (the  act  of  distorting  something  so  it  seems  to  mean  something  it  was  not  intended  to  mean) 
  5.  torture,  torturing  --  (the  act  of  torturing  someone  "it  required  unnatural  torturing  to  extract  a  confession") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  torture 
 
  The  verb  torture  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  torment,  torture,  excruciate,  rack  --  (torment  emotionally  or  mentally) 
  2.  (1)  torture,  excruciate,  torment  --  (subject  to  torture) 



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