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tortured

/tawr-cher/US // ˈtɔr tʃər //UK // (ˈtɔːtʃə) //

受刑,受刑的,受尽折磨的,受折磨的

Related Words

persecution迫害,逼迫suffering痛苦,苦难,煎熬,苦痛torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了beat打,殴打,拍打,击打wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为persecute迫害,逼迫,折磨,迫害别人mistreat虐待,虐待行为,枉费心机,枉费maim残害,致残,伤残,残废mutilate肢解,残害,残缺不全,毁坏oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人laceration撕裂伤,裂伤,割伤,撕裂distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰martyrdom殉道,殉教,殉难,殉情agony苦难,痛苦,苦痛,煎熬dolor缺点,颜色,缺陷,缺点是

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
    • : a method of inflicting such pain.
    • : Often tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
    • : extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
    • : a cause of severe pain or anguish.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tor·tured, tor·tur·ing.

    • : to subject to torture.
    • : to afflict with severe pain of body or mind: My back is torturing me.
    • : to force or extort by torture: We'll torture the truth from his lips!
    • : to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form: trees tortured by storms.
    • : to distort or pervert.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbupset or hurt severely
Synonyms
abuse滥用,虐待,辱骂,虐待行为annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事beat打,殴打,拍打,击打disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰injure伤害,损伤,受伤,伤害了maim残害,致残,伤残,残废mistreat虐待,虐待行为,枉费心机,枉费mutilate肢解,残害,残缺不全,毁坏oppress压迫,欺压,镇压,压迫别人persecute迫害,逼迫,折磨,迫害别人torment煎煎熬熬,煎熬,折磨,荼毒wound伤口,外伤,创伤,伤afflict困扰,蹂躏,危害,牵连agonize苦恼,苦恼的是,苦恼的bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰crucify钉死,钉死在十字架上,钉在十字架上,钉住distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰excruciate痛苦的,痛苦不堪的,痛苦不堪,痛苦的折磨grill烧烤,格栅,烤架,烧烤店harrow耙子,耙地,耰锄,耙平impale刺穿,穿刺,刺杀,刺入irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人lacerate撕裂,撕裂伤,撕裂性,撕裂性的mangle钳制,绞杀,掐死,掐断martyr殉道者,烈士,殉道士,殉难者martyrize殉道者,殉情,殉情者,殉道pain疼痛,痛苦,疼痛感,疼rack机架,架,架子,架设smite抨击,打击,捣毁,捣乱try尝试,试试,试试吧,试图whip鞭子,鞭打,鞭笞,皮鞭wring拧,揝,拧动,拧干wrong错误的,错,错的,错了

Examples

  • “While the spectacle of public torture in Aceh is horrific, authorities across the country continue to lead or participate in arbitrary raids and arrests in private spaces,” wrote Knight.

  • Karataş was working as a reporter for the pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya News Agency, covering a range of sensitive topics such as allegations of torture by state officials, prisoners’ rights and the Kurdish issue.

  • Many asylum-seekers were victims of torture in their home countries, Gonzalez said.

  • Tortured by his inward agitation, he rose and began to pace the room.

  • Tortured by a multitude of alarming possibilities, Sun Bird again sent an anxious inquiry into the black depths of the cavern.

  • Tortured by the insight that both enables and compels me to see through the sham and pretense.

  • Tortured in the human alembic, she was at length resolved, seeing with a vision that pierced all her horizons.

  • Tortured, those survivors inside were, constantly struggling for life, with vitality ever sinking lower.

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