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';
 
Czech mučení , týrání , trýznění
Chinese (simplified) 拷打 , 折磨 , 拷问 , 煎熬 , 酷刑 , 苦刑
English torture ( ⊳ ) , torturing ( ⊳ )
Indonesian teratu , siksa , penyeksaan , penyiksaan , beri seksaan , deraan , dera , seksa , menyengsarakan , menganiaya , penganiayaan , menyeksa
Italian sevizia , sevizie , tortura , supplizio , martirio
Japanese 責問 , 拷問 , 拷訊
Malaysian teratu , siksa , penyeksaan , penyiksaan , beri seksaan , deraan , dera , seksa , menyengsarakan , menganiaya , menyeksa
Definitions
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
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
Relations
Hyponym: rack kittee sensory_deprivation burning bastinado prolonged_interrogation kia_quen boot genital_torture nail_pulling picket electric_shock dismemberment judicial_torture strappado sleep_deprivation crucifixion
Hypernym: persecution
Semantic Field: actn
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