Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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falanga | Yes | No | No | No |
torture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
falanga (noun) | torture (noun) |
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a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels | 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 |
the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean | |
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain | |
extreme mental distress | |
unbearable physical pain |
falanga (verb) | torture (verb) |
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subject to torture | |
torment emotionally or mentally |