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1. (adj) torture, torturing
the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
"it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

2. (adj) agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesome
extremely painful

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