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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| torment | /x | Noun, Noun |
| agony | /xx | Noun, Noun |
| anguish | /x | Noun, Noun |
| distortion | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| twisting | /x | Noun, Noun |
| straining | /x | Noun, Noun |
| rack | / | Noun, Noun |
| torturous | /xx | Adjective |
| interrogation | xxx/x | Noun |
| torturers | /xx | Noun |
| mutilation | xx/x | Noun |
| sadism | /xx | Noun |
| cruelty | /x | Noun |
| infliction | x/x | Noun |
| abuse | x/ | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| humiliation | xxx/x | Noun |
| beatings | /x | Noun |
| kidnapping | /xx | Noun |
| terror | /x | Noun |
| brutality | x/xx | Noun |
| subjugation | /x/x | Noun |
| flogging | /x | Noun |
| atrocity | x/xx | Noun |
| inhumane | xx/ | Adjective |
| imprisonment | x/xx | Noun |
| persecution | xx/x | Noun |
| oppression | x/x | Noun |
| violence | /xx | Noun |
| inhuman | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| mistreatment | x/x | Noun |
| masochism | /xxx | Noun |
| brutal | /x | Adjective |
| sodomy | /xx | Noun |
| beheading | x/x | Noun |
| slaughter | /x | Noun |
| terrorism | /xxx | Noun |
| detention | x/x | Noun |
| genocide | /xx | Noun |
| spying | /x | Noun |
| dehumanization | xxxx/x | Noun |
| abduction | x/x | Noun |
| maiming | /x | Noun |
| cruel | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| barbarity | x/xx | Noun |
| electrocution | xxx/x | Noun |
| detainee | xx/ | Noun |
| pain | / | Noun |
| horrors | /x | Noun |
| assault | x/ | Noun |
| brainwashing | /xx | Noun |
| blackmail | /x | Noun |
| harassment | x/x | Noun |
| trauma | /x | Noun |
| confinement | x/x | Noun |
| killing | /x | Noun |
| dismemberment | x/xx | Noun |
| extortion | x/x | Noun |
| barbaric | x/x | Adjective |
| intimidation | xxx/x | Noun |
| coercion | x/x | Noun |
| dictatorship | x/xx | Noun |
| martyrdom | /xx | Noun |
| crucifixion | xx/x | Noun |
| decapitation | xxx/x | Noun |
| repression | x/x | Noun |
| ordeal | x/ | Noun |
| incarceration | xxx/x | Noun |
| maltreatment | x/x | Noun |
| misery | /xx | Noun |
| interrogators | x/xxx | Noun |
| complicity | x/xx | Noun |
| agonizing | /xxx | Adjective |
| exploitation | xx/x | Noun |
| warfare | /x | Noun |
| cannibalism | /xxxx | Noun |
| extrajudicial | xxx/x | Adjective |
| suffering | /xx | Noun |
| starvation | x/x | Noun |
| wounding | /x | Noun |
| strangling | /xx | Noun |
| bondage | /x | Noun |
| sickening | /xx | Adjective |
| molestation | xx/x | Noun |
| chastening | /xx | Noun |
| victimization | xxx/x | Noun |
| euthanasia | xx/x | Noun |
| choking | /x | Verb |
| causation | x/x | Noun |
| tempting | /x | Adjective |
| strangulation | xx/x | Noun |
| enslaving | x/x | Noun |
| flagellation | /x/x | Noun |
| wrenching | /x | Noun |
| butchering | /xx | Noun |
| vexation | x/x | Noun |
| mortification | /xxx | Noun |
| chastisement | x/x | Noun |
| perversion | x/x | Noun |
| laceration | xx/x | Noun |
| slavery | /xx | Noun |
| butchery | /xx | Noun |
| provocation | xx/x | Noun |
| tensing | /x | Noun |
| cornering | /xx | Noun |
| goading | /x | Noun |
| restraining | x/x | Verb |
| scapegoating | /xx | Noun |
| trolling | /x | Noun |
| endangering | x/xx | Verb |
| slaying | /x | Noun |
| shaming | /x | Noun |
| carting | /x | Verb |
| blinding | /x | Adjective |
| treatment | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| aggravation | xx/x | Noun |
| poisoning | /xx | Noun |
| torsion | /x | Noun |
| disciplining | /xxx | Noun |
| worrying | /xx | Verb |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| manipulation | xxx/x | Noun |
| bewitching | x/x | Adjective |
| perpetration | /x/x | Noun |
| privation | x/x | Noun |
| tearing | /x | Verb |
| disappearances | xx/xx | Noun |
| rapporteur | x/x | Noun |
| legalized | /xx | Adjective |
| unendurable | xx/xx | Adjective |
| escapes | x/ | Noun |
| fiendish | /x | Adjective |
| wife | / | Adjective |
| afflict | x/ | Verb |
| anechoic | xx/x | Adjective |
| cat | / | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| chamber | /x | Noun, Verb |
| counting | /x | Noun |
| crummy | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| dungeon | /x | Noun, Verb |
| duress | /x | Noun, Verb |
| ears | / | Verb |
| grandest | /x | Adjective |
| guard | / | Noun, Verb |
| heartache | /x | Noun |
| heartbreak | /x | Noun |
| hell | / | Noun, Adverb, Verb |
| heretics | /xx | Verb |
| hurt | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| indignities | x/xx | Noun |
| lynching | /x | Noun |
| mean | / | Verb, Adjective, Noun |
| pangs | / | Noun |
| plucked | / | Adjective |
| preseason | x/x | Noun, Verb |
| punish | /x | Verb |
| quadrennial | x/xx | Name, Adjective |
| ridicule | /xx | Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| shrine | / | Noun, Verb |
| store | / | Noun, Verb |
| subterranean | xx/xx | Adjective |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| victim | /x | Noun, Verb |
| vietnam | xx/ | Name |
| virginia | x/x | Name |
| whip | / | Noun, Verb |
| die | / | Verb, Noun |
| fall | / | Verb, Noun |
