torture

(noun) extreme mental distress. Synonyms: anguish, torment.

(noun) unbearable physical pain. Synonyms: torment.

(noun) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain. Synonyms: agony, torment. Examples: "An agony of doubt." "The torments of the damned."

(noun) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean. Synonyms: distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting.

(noun) 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. Synonyms: torturing. Examples: "It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession."

(verb) torment emotionally or mentally. Synonyms: torment, excruciate, rack.

(verb) subject to torture. Synonyms: excruciate, torment. Examples: "The sinners will be tormented in hell, according to the bible."