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torment

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noun

  • 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.

    "He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system."

verb

  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)

    "The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off."

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