torture: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
torture n. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
... and dropping it), the rack (for stretching the limbs and body), and the
thumbscrew (for .... confess to every kind of crime, than submit again to the agony
of torture? ..... Prior to crucifixion, victims were often savagely whipped with
barbed metal ...
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A Miscellany of Men: Information from Answers.com
Men of the Far East will submit to very low wages for the same reason that they
..... the presence of something stiff and heartless, of something tortured and silent.
..... of Man to work for a particular master as much as if you drove him with a whip.
..... wish to bridle a bird and ride on its back, as one bridles and rides on a horse.
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