Summary
to torture {verb}
torturer
torture {noun}
torture · supplice
torturer {verb}
to torture
Synonyms
torture: excruciate · torment · rack
torture: bourrèlement · tourment · remords
torturé: alambiqué · compliqué · amphigourique
torturer: bourreler · tourmenter · crucifier
more (24)English-French translation for "to torture"
"to torture" French translation
to torture {verb}
to torture [tortured|tortured] {vb}
Prisoners are forced to kill or torture one another if they try to escape.
The Spanish Government has pardoned them, so they can torture with impunity in Spain.
The police had broad powers to detain, interrogate and even to torture prisoners.
(a) Article 28 of the Basic Law, which prohibits the torture of any resident;
The Indian security forces continued to torture and kill innocent civilians in Kashmir.
torture {noun}
Article 10 - Education and information regarding the prohibition against torture
(n) The prohibition on torture and any inhuman or cruel treatment or punishment;
Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Cases of targeted assassinations, torture and sexual violence have been reported.
Aware of the heinous persistence of torture in half the countries of the world,
This form of torture consists in covering the head with a plastic bag to cause asphyxia.
Moreover, we have made the cowardly decision to prolong the torture instead of executing the Commission.
Finally, the most cowardly thing of all is that we have decided to leave it to others to administer the torture.
If the official inflicts any kind of suffering or torture on the detainee, the penalty shall be increased to between two and four years of
If the official inflicts any kind of suffering or torture on the detainee, the penalty shall be increased to between two and four years of
torture {noun}
Article 10 - Education and information regarding the prohibition against torture
(n) The prohibition on torture and any inhuman or cruel treatment or punishment;
Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Cases of targeted assassinations, torture and sexual violence have been reported.
Aware of the heinous persistence of torture in half the countries of the world,
torturé {adjective}
He claims that, during his detention, he was tortured on three or four occasions.
He had been arrested and tortured on two occasions, in August 1996 and March 1999.
He had been arrested and tortured on two occasions, in August 1996 and March 1999.
Khin Zaw Win, arrested in 1994, was allegedly severely tortured in early 1996.
On the other hand, the Government denies that the accused have been tortured.
torturer {verb}
to torture [tortured|tortured] {vb}
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "torture":
© Princeton Universityexcruciate · torment · rack · torturing · distortion · overrefinement · straining · twisting · agony · anguish
Synonyms (French) for "torture":
© myThes Dicollectebourrèlement · tourment · remords · géhenne · enfer · limbes · martyre · question · martyr · calvaire · supplice · souffrance · persécution · crucifixion · victime · peine · tenaillement · punition
Synonyms (French) for "torturé":
© myThes Dicollectealambiqué · compliqué · amphigourique · embrouillé · incompréhensible · contourné · précieux · embarrassé · raffiné · subtil · tenaillé · tourmenté · persécuté · empoigné · supplicié · questionné
Synonyms (French) for "torturer":
© myThes Dicollectebourreler · tourmenter · crucifier · martyriser · mortifier · supplicier · persécuter · questionner · tuer · tenailler · poursuivre · étreindre · empoigner · violer
Usage examples
Usage examples for "to torture" in French
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