torture
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"The degree of illness and sickness that I went through was hell on earth, it was torture, to go through that and to be able to bounce back."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
If you tell people to torture themselves by listening to their baby cry instead of soothing her, there’s a reasonable possibility that they will report some benefits to the method even if there aren’t any.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
Those who suffered torture and other acts of mutilation will receive individualised rehabilitation programmes, it added.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Indian authorities have previously denied the torture claim and have repeatedly maintained due process is being followed.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Many times a day, he would see other children taking creamy candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing torture
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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