torture

torture

Fait d’infliger volontairement une douleur intense à quelqu’un, souvent pour le punir ou obtenir des informations.

En anglais simple : The act of deliberately causing someone severe pain, often to punish them or make them give information.

• Torture causes terrible pain.
• The prisoners reported torture by the guards.
• He confessed under torture.

Expressions courantes : under torture, use torture, torture victims, physical torture

supplice, tourment

Expérience qui provoque une grande souffrance, un profond malaise ou une forte détresse.

En anglais simple : An experience that makes you feel extremely unhappy, uncomfortable, or upset.

• The waiting was torture.
• For him, sitting through the long speech was pure torture.
• Hearing that song again would be torture.

Synonymes : agony, torment

Expressions courantes : pure torture, absolute torture, torture for someone

torturer

Faire volontairement beaucoup souffrir quelqu’un, souvent pour le punir ou obtenir des informations.

En anglais simple : To deliberately cause someone severe pain or suffering, often to punish them or get information.

• The guards tortured the prisoner.
• She was tortured for refusing to answer.
• They had tortured him to get information.

Comment l'utiliser : torture someone into doing something (They tortured him into revealing the names.)

Synonymes : torment

Expressions courantes : torture a prisoner, torture someone physically, torture someone into