verb.
Simple past tense and past participle of torture.
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adjective.
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
Word Usage
"At another location in Kratie, prisoners at the Kanh Chor commune prison were tortured; Mr. Yoen Chhoen describes how he himself was “physically tortured” until his ribs were broken."