Sinhala Dictionary definitions for torture
torture 🔊 /tɔˈɹʧɚ/
torture : වධයට පමුණුවනවා
torture : හිංසා පමුණුවනවා
torture : වද කරනවා
torture : වධය
torture : වධහිංසාව
torture : මහත් වේදනාව
torture : විහිංසා
torture : වද දෙනවා
torture : බලවත් හිංසාව
torture definition
Noun.
- Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.
- Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
- The act or process of torturing.
Transitive verb.
- To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.
- To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.
- To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.
- To keep on the stretch, as a bow.