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torturing

adjective as in agonizing

adjective as in anguishing

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In my eyes she killed those people… exposing a gay person like this is akin to torturing him slowly to death.

A number of Japanese soldiers were criminally charged and convicted for waterboarding and otherwise torturing prisoners.

Prosecuting those involved in torturing prisoners will do just that.

Purists sometimes seem to think that disregarding rules about prepositions is as heinous as torturing children.

Torturing children for fun, by contrast, is objectionable regardless of whether those around you have adopted the practice.

In a voice thick with the torturing rage of impotence he gave the order upon which the grim Parisian insisted.

I would leave no room for the torturing thought that had I been less precipitate she would have been more kindly.

Twice she prepared to write to him, and end a suspense torturing to both,—and twice dashed down the pen in shame and pride.

He nearly betrayed himself once by shouting from his window at a boy who was torturing a grasshopper.

He did not believe he would sleep a wink through the night, for never were his emotions wrought to a more keenly torturing point.

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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to torturing, such as: excruciating, harrowing, intense, tortuous, disturbing, and heart-wrenching.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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