n extreme mental distress
n unbearable physical pain
n intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
n the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
n the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
v torment emotionally or mentally
v subject to torture