torture

nouns

extreme mental distress
anguish, torment, torture
unbearable physical pain
torment, torture
is derived from
torturous
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
agony, torment, torture
is derived from
torturous
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
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"
torture, torturing

verbs

torment emotionally or mentally
excruciate, rack, torment, torture
is derived from
torturer
subject to torture
"The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
excruciate, torment, torture
is derived from
torturer
is derived from
torturing