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 | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
| a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body |
| a support for displaying ot holding various articles |
| an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims |
| the destruction or collapse of something |
| rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton |