torture

torture
I
n.

1) to employ, resort to, use torture

2) to inflict torture on

3) to subject smb. to torture

4) to undergo torture

5) cruel; plain, sheer; sadistic; severe torture

6) water torture

7) torture to + int. (it was sheer torture to listen to her sing = it was sheer torture listening to her sing)

8) under torture (he confessed under torture)

II

v. (D; tr.) to torture into (he was tortured into confessing)

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['tɔːtʃə]
resort to
sadistic
severe torture
sheer
use torture
to employ
to inflict torture on
to subject smb. to torture
to undergo torture
water torture
under torture (he confessed under torture)
(D; tr.) to torture into (he was tortured into confessing)
torture to + int. (it was sheer torture to listen to her sing = it was sheer torture listening to her sing)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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