Thesaurus:torture

Thesaurus

torture

English

Noun

Sense: intentional infliction of pain or suffering

Synonyms

• enhanced interrogation (US, euphemistic)
• torture
• torment

Hyponyms

• abacination
• enhanced interrogation technique (US, euphemistic)
• forcipation
• impalement
• squassation
• strappado
• waterboarding

See also

• agony    [⇒ thesaurus]
• agonize    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “torture” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “torture” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.