Definition of "Torture" :

noun: 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

noun: the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

noun: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

noun: extreme mental distress

noun: unbearable physical pain

verb: subject to torture

verb: torment emotionally or mentally