transitive (in passive). To be twisted or wrung. Also figurative. Cf. throw, v.1 1a.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] (61) bethrowOE transitive (in passive). To be twisted or wrung. Also figurative. Cf. throw, v.1 1a. tintreghec1175 (transitive) (in 2 tintraȝen), to torment, torture. tormentc1290 transitive. To put to torment or torture; to inflict torture upon. pinse?c1335 transitive. To torture. anguisha1425 transitive. To afflict with physical pain or suffering; to hurt, to torture. Obsolete. pincha1425 transitive. To torment, torture; to inflict bodily pain on. Obsolete. to put to (the) torture1551 The infliction of severe bodily pain, as punishment or a means of persuasion; spec. judicial torture, inflicted by a judicial or quasi-judicial… agonize1570 transitive. To subject to physical or mental agony, to torture. Also intransitive with object implied. torture1594 transitive. To inflict torture upon, subject to torture; spec. to subject to judicial torture; put to the torture. Also absol. scorchc1595 figurative. flay1782 figurative and transferred. To inflict acute pain or torture upon. Subcategories:— roast or torture by fire (5) — by boiling (1) — on the rack (16) — on wheel (3) — with the strappado (1) — press (to death) (4) — with the boot (2) — with thumb-screw (2) — pinch (3) — impale or picket (3) — flay (1) — scalp (1) — cut ears (1) — tear flesh with cat's claws (1) — tear flesh with wool-card (1) — with pitch (1) — by deprivation of food (1) — inflict other means of torture (2) — interrogate under torture (1) |
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