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1. adj. extremely painful Source: wordnet
2. n. 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 Source: wordnet
3. n:100 n 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 v torment emotionally or mentally v subject to torture s extremely painful Source: ecdict

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attempt confession deliberate extremely force infliction information mental painful person persons physical reason suffering systematic wanton yield torture emotionally mentally subject torment

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