torment
IPA: tˈɔrmɛnt
noun
- (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
verb
- (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
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Examples of "torment" in Sentences
- He was tormented by the enemy.
- This marks the beginning of his torment.
- The Orthodox view the torment is eternal.
- He is tormented by the traumas of the war.
- He's tormented by the past but optimistic of the future.
- Feel tormented, the tiger declare to challenge the king.
- Kids tormented her in the hallways and on the playground.
- The child grows up tormented and desperate for affection.
- Because of this, Ali was constantly tormented by children in the town.
- But the practice of renunciation does not entail the tormenting of the body.
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