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The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony. / (chiefly literary) The suffering of the heart imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.

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torture

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torture

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/ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/

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日本語の意味

拷問：意図的に他者に激しい肉体的苦痛や精神的苦悩を与える行為。 / （主に文学的表現）心の苦悩：人間関係において他者に与えられる心の痛みや苦しみ。

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The survivors described the torture they had suffered during the conflict.

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生存者たちは、紛争中に受けた拷問について語った。

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The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.

If Cheney calls it enhanced interrogation, he argues, this still doesn’t change the meaning of the word torture, which Cheney and the public know perfectly well. But cognitive linguists like Lakoff (1996) remind us that the public can be manipulated into believing that torture is “merely” an enhanced interrogation technique and thus does not protest.

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