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:
Damien Leone Sets Post-‘Terrifier’ Future With ‘Tortures of the Damned’ for Lionsgate, Sam Raimi (Exclusive)
May 29, 2026 The Hollywood Reporter
May 29, 2026 The Hollywood Reporter
‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
May 2, 2026 The Guardian
May 2, 2026 The Guardian
Syria: Alarming Evidence that Torture Persists and the Machinery of Violence Is Being Rebuilt after Assad (June 2025–June 2026)
Aug 13, 2026 Syrians for Truth and Justice
Aug 13, 2026 Syrians for Truth and Justice
Bahrain: Urgent investigation required into Al-Mousawi’s death in custody amid torture concerns
Mar 29, 2026 euromedmonitor.org
Mar 29, 2026 euromedmonitor.org
Mother, 2 others charged with murder in ‘torture’ death of 7-year-old found in closet
Aug 7, 2026 FOX19 | Cincinnati
Aug 7, 2026 FOX19 | Cincinnati

