Definitions for tortures

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tortures tor·ture

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IPA: /ˈtɔr tʃər/

Tortures is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in tortures (eorrsttu).

Definitions for tortures

noun

1. the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
2. a method of inflicting such pain.
3. Often, tortures. the pain or suffering caused or undergone.
4. extreme anguish of body or mind; agony.
5. a cause of severe pain or anguish.

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to torture.
2. to afflict with severe pain of body or mind:
3. to force or extort by torture:
4. to twist, force, or bring into some unnatural position or form:
5. to distort or pervert (language, meaning, etc.).

Origin of tortures

First recorded in 1530-40, torture is from the Late Latin word tortūra a twisting, torment, torture. See tort, -ure