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Meanings of tortured in English

Experiencing intense pain especially mental pain.

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Examples for "tormented"
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Young adult Americans, particularly graduates, are tormented by that unspeakable tyrant: success.
The Irish Times
2
For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented.
The lord of the rings
3
Memories of the famine of the siege of '70 tormented the imagination.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
4
He had seen him being tormented by something ever since leaving England.
The Darkening Sea
5
The thought of Delia arrested-refusedbail-ina police cell-orin prison-tormented him.
Delia Blanchflower
1
However anguished they were, these posts often went unliked and uncommented on.
The Guardian
2
If Smythe was too anguished to speak, what good would it do?
Speaks the Nightbird
3
The latter paused at sight of the white face and anguished eyes.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903
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Won't she even speak to me? he cried out, his voice anguished.
The Oracle Glass
5
The child glanced back at the festive lights with an anguished hesitation.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
Usage of tortured in English
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IRAQ: An honest man is arrested, tortured and imprisoned for many years.
The Irish Times
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Another official was tortured and murdered days before the Aug. 8 vote.
Reuters
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Political parties are banned and activists are regularly arrested, imprisoned and tortured.
The Guardian
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Sierra told me everything that happened, including the way Renford tortured you.
Avalon
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Arar says he was imprisoned in Syria for a year and tortured.
Reuters
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The suspects retracted confessions'' they said had been tortured out of them.
The Guardian
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Police were also reported to have said he might have been tortured.
The Irish Times
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Others were tortured, often through the use of electric shocks and chemicals.
Reuters
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This enabled them to be tortured, while occupation troops could disclaim responsibility.
The Guardian
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Rights groups have alleged the opposition leader and other politicians were tortured.
The Irish Times
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Police are also facing allegations that arrested miners were tortured in custody.
The Guardian
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The torturer and the tortured hold eye contact for a long second.
Pines
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He glanced at the tortured face of the Diviner and looked grave.
The Garden of Allah
14
EPA's tortured arguments received short shrift from the justices in the majority.
Reuters
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They should of course request assurances that he will not be tortured.
The Irish Times
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The medics said they were innocent and had been tortured to confess.
Reuters
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