[ˈtɔːtʃə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something
(e.g: the torture of political prisoners)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’

[ˈtɔːtʃə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- inflict severe pain or suffering on
(e.g: most of the victims had been brutally tortured)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘distortion, twisting’, or a physical disorder characterized by this): via French from late Latin tortura ‘twisting, torment’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’