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Torture vs Torturable - What's the difference?

torture | torturable |

As a noun torture

is intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.

As a verb torture

is to intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

As an adjective torturable is

capable of, or suitable for, being tortured.

torture

English

(wikipedia 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 *

    Related terms

    * * tort * torta

    Verb

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

    Derived terms

    * *

    External links

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    torturable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of, or suitable for, being tortured.
  • * 2000 , John Conroy, Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture (page 27)
    • The torturable class, initially limited to slaves, could be whipped, beaten with rods or chains, stretched on the rack, exposed to red-hot metal, confined in quarters that required painful constriction of their bodies

    Antonyms

    * untorturable