Engelsk navneord: torture | |||
1. | torture (om fornemmelse) extreme mental distress | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | anguish, torment | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | distress, hurt, suffering | ||
2. | torture (om tilstand) unbearable physical pain | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | torment | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | hurting, pain | ||
3. | torture (om fornemmelse) intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | An agony of doubt. The torments of the damned. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | agony, torment | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | hurt, suffering | ||
4. | torture (om handling) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | distortion, overrefinement, straining, twisting | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | falsification, misrepresentation | ||
5. | torture (om handling) 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 | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | torturing | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | persecution | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bastinado, boot, burning, crucifixion, dismemberment, electric shock, excruciation, falanga, genital torture, judicial torture, kia quen, kittee, nail pulling, nail removal, picket, piquet, prolonged interrogation, rack, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, strapado, strappado, taking apart | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: torture | |||
1. | torture (om følelse) torment emotionally or mentally | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The bad news will torture him | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | excruciate, rack, torment | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | anguish, hurt, pain | ||
2. | torture (i anatomi) subject to torture | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They want to torture the prisoners | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | excruciate, torment | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | injure, wound | ||
Mere specifikke termer | martyr, martyrise, martyrize, rack | ||