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Noun Concept
Categories: Torture, Ethically disputed judicial practices, Articles with short description, Human rights abuses, Political violence
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torture  torturing  Christianity and torture  Forced information gathering  History of torture
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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 WordNet 3.0
English:
Rome
ancient Rome
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Wikipedia
Infliction of physical or psychological pain to punish or coerce an action from the victim. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal Wikidata
The intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal in order to punish, to coerce or for sheer cruelty. OmegaWiki
An act of torture. Wiktionary
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It required unnatural torturing to extract a confession WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
persecution
crime
intentional human activity
human rights violation
HAS KIND
bastinado
boot
burning
crucifixion
dismemberment
+35 relations
HAS INSTANCE
prick
Ana-tsurushi
Bagram torture and prisoner abuse
abacination
MKULTRA
+10 relations
DERIVATION
torture
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
HAS EFFECT
pain
MAIN REGULATORY TEXT
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
enhanced interrogation techniques
USE
interrogation
punishment
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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torture, torturing
Wikipedia
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torture
Wikidata
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torture
Wiktionary
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torturing
OmegaWiki
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torture
Wikipedia Redirections
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Christianity and torture, Forced information gathering, History of torture, Instruments of torture, judicial torture, Medieval torture, Medieval torture device, physical torture, police torture, prevention of torture, Professional interrogation techniques, public opinion on torture, state torture, Ta'liq (torture), Third-degree methods, Torture (ancient Rome), Torture by country, torture device, torture devices, torture methods, tortured, tortures, torturing
QCode
QC54

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