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<word lex_id="0">torture<word/>
<word lex_id="0">torturing<word/>
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<pointer refs="v00071178" source="2" target="1">Derivationally related form<pointer/>
<pointer refs="v00071178" source="1" target="1">Derivationally related form<pointer/>
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<def>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<def/>
<example>it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession<example/>
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