To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing

• torture

  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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• torment

  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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  1. Great physical pain or mental anguish.
  2. A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
  3. The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.

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• rack

  1. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles:
  2. A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.
  3. A receptacle for livestock feed.

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  1. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles:
  2. A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.
  3. A receptacle for livestock feed.

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To kill by crucifixion

• torture

  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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• hang

  1. To fasten from above with no support from below; suspend:
  2. To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension:
  3. To execute by hanging:

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  1. To fasten from above with no support from below; suspend:
  2. To suspend or fasten so as to allow free movement at or about the point of suspension:
  3. To execute by hanging:

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• nail to the cross

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• execute

  1. To put into effect; carry out:
  2. To perform; do:
  3. To create (a work of art, for example) in accordance with a prescribed design.

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  1. To put into effect; carry out:
  2. To perform; do:
  3. To create (a work of art, for example) in accordance with a prescribed design.

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To torment

• bedevil

  1. To torment mercilessly; plague.
  2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
  3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.

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  1. To torment mercilessly; plague.
  2. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.
  3. To possess with or as if with a devil; bewitch.

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• pillory

  1. A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.
  2. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
  3. To put in a pillory as punishment.

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  1. A wooden framework on a post, with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly locked to be exposed to public scorn as punishment.
  2. To expose to ridicule and abuse.
  3. To put in a pillory as punishment.

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• persecute

  1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
  2. To annoy persistently; bother:

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  1. To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
  2. To annoy persistently; bother:

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• torture

  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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  1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
  2. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
  3. An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:

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