torture

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torture

/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/ UK
[ˈtʰɔːt͡ʃə] UK
/ˈtoːt͡ʃə/ Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard
[ˈtʰoːt͡ʃə] Australia, British, New Zealand, Southern, Standard
/ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ US
[ˈtʰoɹt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰoɹt͡ʃɹ̩] US
/ˈtɔɾt͡ʃəɾ/ Scotland
/ˈtɔːt͡ʃə/
/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/

Sounds like torcher · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Late Latin tortūra (“a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping colic;” in Medieval Latin “pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus (whence also tort), past participle of torquēre (“to twist”).

noun tortures

countable, uncountable The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish. People confess to anything under torture.
countable, in compounds, uncountable Sexual activity involving the infliction of pain to a certain body part or in a certain manner. cock and ball torture
countable, uncountable Severe pain or anguish, of mind or body.
countable, uncountable An unpleasant sensation or its infliction: embarrassment, heartache, etc. Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture!

verb tortures · torturing · tortured

transitive To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them. 1 August 2014, Barack Obama, "Press Conference by the President"; transcript published online by the Obama White House Archives, [https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/08/01/press-conference-president [1]]. With respect to the larger point of the RDI report itself, even before I

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