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torture | hellkite |

As a verb torture

is .

As a noun hellkite is

a kite of infernal breed.

torture

Noun

(en noun)
  • Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
  • Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture .
    In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder.
    People confess to anything under torture .
  • (chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
  • Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !

    Derived terms

    * torture chamber *

    Verb

    (tortur)
  • To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
  • People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.

    Derived terms

    * *

    hellkite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kite of infernal breed.
  • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)