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torturing

adjective noun

Extremely painful

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Word length
9
Starts with
T
Ends with
G
Contains
OR
Scrabble score
10
CEFR level
B2

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adjective

  1. Extremely painful

noun

  1. 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

    “It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession”

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It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession

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