torture - 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

torture - verb

• torment emotionally or mentally
• subject to torture

torture - thesaurus

agony   anguish   distortion   excruciate   overrefinement   rack   straining   torment   torturing   twisting