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Adjective torturing has 1 sense
  1. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome - extremely painful
    Antonym: painless (indirect, via painful)
,Noun torturing has 1 sense
  1. torture, torturing - the act of torturing someone; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
    --1 is a kind of persecution
    --1 has particulars:
     strappado; crucifixion, excruciation; dismemberment, taking apart
    Derived form: verb torture2
,Verb torture has 2 senses
  1. torment, torture, excruciate, rack - torment emotionally or mentally
    --1 is one way to pain, anguish, hurt
    Derived forms: noun torture3, noun torture1, noun torturer1
    Sample sentence:
    The bad news will torture him
  2. torture, excruciate, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
    --2 is one way to injure, wound
    Derived forms: noun torture5, noun torture2, noun torturer1, noun torturing1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to torture the prisoners
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