tortura — meaning in English

English meaning

• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
• torture noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.

Senses

tortura is used for these senses in English:

• murder (uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.

murder — full definition

1. noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
2. verb To deliberately and unlawfully kill someone.
3. noun The collective noun for a group of crows.
4. verb To do something very badly, or to defeat someone completely (informal).

torture — full definition

1. noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.
2. noun Severe mental or physical suffering.
3. verb To deliberately inflict severe pain on someone, often to punish or extract information.

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