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Torture



noun
1.
(the inflicting of severe pain, any severe physical or mental pain) ទារុណកម្ម
Example: She died under torture.
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ការធ្វើទារុណកម្ម, ទារុណកម្ម
verbpast tense: tortured ; past participle: tortured ; present participle: torturing ;
1.
ធ្វើទារុណកម្ម, រងទារុណកម្ម
2.
(TRANSITIVE) (To inflict torture upon, to subject to great pain or anxiety, to force out of its natural position or shape) ធ្វើទារុណកម្ម
Example: The victims of the fire suffered torture from their bums, The bad boy the girl by twisting her wrist, The rack used to be an instrument of torture, to suffer torture from a headache.
Example: Accused the regime of torturing its political opponents.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
2.
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
3.
The act or process of torturing.
verbpast tense: tortured ; past participle: tortured ; present participle: torturing ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To keep on the stretch, as a bow.
1.
badger, harass, harry, hound, oppress, persecute, plague
2.
ache, anguish, agony, distress, misery, pain, suffering, throe, torment, woe
1.
aid, assist, comfort, support
2.
comfort, ease, mitigation, relief