истяза́ть — meaning in English
istyazat
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English meaning
- excruciate verb To cause someone severe physical pain or great mental suffering.
- maul noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- nag verb To repeatedly pester or criticize someone about something, in an annoying way.
- torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
- torture noun The deliberate infliction of severe pain, especially to punish someone or force information out of them.
Senses
истяза́ть is used for these senses in English:
- excruciate (transitive) To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
- maul To handle someone or something in a rough way.
- nag To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
- torture (transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone), usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them.
maul — full definition
- noun A heavy hammer used for driving wedges when splitting logs, or as a weapon.
- verb To injure someone badly by tearing at them, typically said of an animal attack.
- verb To handle roughly or criticise harshly.
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