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tortured |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Torture \Tor"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tortured} (?; 135); p. pr & vb n. {Torturing.}] [Cf. F. Torturer. ] 1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex. 2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as to torture an accused person. --Shak. 3. To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort. --Jar. Taylor. 4. To keep on the stretch, as a bow. [Obs.] The bow tortureth the string. --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tortured adj 1: subjected to intense pain; "hundreds of tortured prisoners" 2: experiencing intense pain especially mental pain; "an anguished conscience"; "a small tormented schoolboy"; "a tortured witness to another's humiliation" [syn: {anguished}, {tormented}]
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