torture
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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Words that contain the term "torture".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "torture".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "torture".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | structure | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | tortured | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | overture | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | torque | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | overtures | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | tortures | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | toured | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | torturer | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | torturers | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | torte | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | torre | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | torrez | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | torrey | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | torres | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | torturous | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | torturing | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | tortorice | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | tornatore | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | stricture | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | ture | 1 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 7
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 2
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
Kidnap gang jailed for torturing man over relationship with attackers' sister
Jul 23, 2026 Yahoo News UK
Jul 23, 2026 Yahoo News UK
France investigates alleged torture of French MP and Gaza flotilla participants by Israel
Jul 23, 2026 Middle East Monitor
Jul 23, 2026 Middle East Monitor
‘Deplorable’: ICE hires firm accused of ‘torture’ to track down undocumented children
May 2, 2026 The Guardian
May 2, 2026 The Guardian
Spy watchdog urges stronger measures to avoid Canadian complicity in torture abroad
Jul 19, 2026 Toronto Star
Jul 19, 2026 Toronto Star