00421437-n ✪ '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';
 
Chinese (simplified) 煎熬 , 折磨 , 拷打 , 拷问
English torture ( ⊳ ) , torturing ( ⊳ )
Indonesian teratu , siksa , penyiksaan , dera , menyengsarakan , menganiaya , penganiayaan
Japanese 責問 , 拷問 , 拷訊
Definitions
Japanese
複数の人が、他の人に情報提供または自白させるため、またはその他の理由で、身体的または精神的苦痛を計画的、組織的、または理不尽に与えること
― 自供を強要するために残酷な拷問が必要だった
English
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
― it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
Relations
Hyponym: bastinado boot burning crucifixion dismemberment electric_shock genital_torture judicial_torture kia_quen kittee nail_pulling picket prolonged_interrogation rack sensory_deprivation sleep_deprivation strappado
Hypernym: persecution
Semantic Field: actn
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