torture : Idioms & Phrases
genital torture
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noun blunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal)
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instrument of torture
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noun an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person
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judicial torture
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noun torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials
- the English renounced judicial torture in 1640
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self-torture
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noun self-imposed distress
self-torment.
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Self`-tor"ture noun
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The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.
Webster 1913
torture chamber
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noun a room in which torture is inflicted