Related Words for torture

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