tortures
Definitions
Noun
- Extreme mental distress
- Unbearable physical pain
- Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
- The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 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
Verb
- Torment emotionally or mentally
- Subject to torture
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| 1 | structures | 2 | 31 |
| 2 | tours | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | textures | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | torture | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | overtures | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | tortuous | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | torrents | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | strictures | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | torturers | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | torturer | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | torres | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | torturous | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | torrens | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | totes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | torts | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | torre | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | tourneys | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ruptures | 2 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 64
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
Quote of the day by Ogden Nash: 'Some tortures are physical and some are mental, but the one that is both
Jun 10, 2026 The Economic Times
Jun 10, 2026 The Economic Times
Jamel McGriff, suspect in Queens elderly couple's torture and fire deaths, pleads not guilty
Oct 14, 2025 ABC7 New York
Oct 14, 2025 ABC7 New York
Woman, 19, found dead after allegedly being tortured for months; boyfriend arrested
May 6, 2026 Live 5 News
May 6, 2026 Live 5 News
Venezuelans deported by US detail fresh claims of torture and abuse at El Salvador mega-prison
Mar 26, 2026 The Guardian
Mar 26, 2026 The Guardian

