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- Dictionarytorment
noun
- 1. severe physical or mental suffering: "their deaths have left both families in torment" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. cause to experience severe mental or physical suffering: "he was tormented by jealousy" Similar
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5 days ago · Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Some definitions restrict torture to acts carried out by the state, while others include non-state organizations.
5 days ago · torture, the infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering for a purpose, such as extracting information, coercing a confession, or inflicting punishment. It is normally committed by a public official or other person exercising comparable power and authority.
5 days ago · It is either a deep, gloomy place, a pit or abyss used as a dungeon of torment and suffering that resides within Hades (the entire underworld) with Tartarus being the hellish component.
2 days ago · Use of body language (i.e., the middle finger) to torment someone; Making insults or otherwise making fun of someone; In verbal bullying, the main weapon the bully uses is voice. In many cases, verbal bullying is common in both genders, but girls are more likely to perform it. Girls, in general, are more subtle with insults than boys.
3 days ago · Torment. Gang up on others. Humiliate others. These behaviors can be seen in adult relationships, (see Psychologically Abusive Relationships: Are You in One?) like when an emotional bully makes another party "pay" for a perceived mistake or when an emotional bully constantly uses sarcasm in response to genuine questions.
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1 day ago · In an essential breakthrough for domestic abuse victims in the Commonwealth, the law expands the definition of “abuse” under Massachusetts law to include “coercive control.”
5 days ago · bullying, intentional harm-doing or harassment that is directed toward vulnerable targets and typically repeated. Bullying encompasses a wide range of malicious aggressive behaviours, including physical violence, verbal mockery, threats, ostracism, and rumours spread either orally or by other means of communication, such as the Internet.
