Dictionary Check: torturing

"torturing" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 13 points

Definition

adjective

extremely painful

noun

the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

Example: "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
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