Torture vs Violence - What's the difference?
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Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.
(chiefly, literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.
To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).
Extreme force.
Action which causes destruction, pain, or suffering.
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(figuratively) Injustice, wrong.
(obsolete) ravishment; rape; violation
As a verb torture
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(wikipedia torture)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
- Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture !
Derived terms
* torture chamber *Verb
(tortur)- People who torture often have sadistic tendencies.
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Mark Tran
Denied an education by war, passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools
