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Meanings of torture in English
Catalan
deformació Spanish
deformación The act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
Synonyms
Examples for "twisting"
Examples for "twisting"
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You control how much water you want by twisting a simple knob.
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Every evening was occupied in twisting and tying evergreen in the chapel.
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And those words from Christopher Nolan's latest time-twisting spectacle speak for themselves.
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Soane was twisting his corkscrew in the wire of the champagne bottle.
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The twisting saps his energy but the doctors can't find anything wrong.
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This new reality has caused bitter exchanges on social media, straining friendships.
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Every house was different, Charlie said, idiosyncratic but without straining to be.
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Refugees are flooding out of Syria, straining neighbouring countries' ability to cope.
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Refugees are flooding out of Syria, straining neighboring countries' ability to cope.
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Yet even in this sector firms saw the franc straining sales prices.
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But we know subsidy leads to distortion, leads to longer term problems.
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The problem wasn't so much the distortion in what you could see.
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It came in with full audibility, free of distortion, clear and clean.
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The exchange canceled some trades as traditional players complained of market distortion.
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More distortion in the headphones please: mastering music for the iPod age.
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The defects of this government were those of overrefinement in legislation,-thelast defects to have been looked for, certainly, in the American aborigines.
Usage of torture in English
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So the question remains: how long will Ireland continue to torture women?
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Contemporary Greece was described as a classic case of government by torture.
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The judge also said the claim of police torture carried no weight.
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Those groups say state torture is widespread, an allegation the government denies.
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Ms Smith told Sky News: We absolutely oppose torture in this country.
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He said torture had been an institutional problem, rather than a policy.
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The idea is simple: to prevent torture or ill-treatment before it happens.
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The information played right into Hoover's Chinese water torture of the Kennedys.
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However, he did say issues of torture could arise during the trial.
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In his right hand he carried an implement of torture- abonesaw.
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Yet physical torture was far from the only element in the confessions.
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If the torture be too great to bear, say: 'I will confess.
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Shamsi said Slahi's ordeal is more proof that torture does not work.
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But his family say he had suffered severe facial injuries under torture.
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Rights groups said he was involved in the widespread torture of detainees.
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The deaths were reportedly caused by the use of torture by police.
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Translations for torture
Portuguese
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Torture across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
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