torture

Folter

Das absichtliche Zufügen schwerer Schmerzen, oft zur Bestrafung oder um Informationen zu erhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: The act of deliberately causing someone severe pain, often to punish them or make them give information.

• Torture causes terrible pain.
• The prisoners reported torture by the guards.
• He confessed under torture.

Häufige Wendungen: under torture, use torture, torture victims, physical torture

Qual, Tortur

Ein Erlebnis, das sehr unglücklich macht oder großes Unbehagen und Leid verursacht.

In einfachem Englisch: An experience that makes you feel extremely unhappy, uncomfortable, or upset.

• The waiting was torture.
• For him, sitting through the long speech was pure torture.
• Hearing that song again would be torture.

Synonyme: agony, torment

Häufige Wendungen: pure torture, absolute torture, torture for someone

foltern

Jemandem absichtlich schwere Schmerzen oder großes Leid zufügen, oft zur Bestrafung oder um Informationen zu erhalten.

In einfachem Englisch: To deliberately cause someone severe pain or suffering, often to punish them or get information.

• The guards tortured the prisoner.
• She was tortured for refusing to answer.
• They had tortured him to get information.

So benutzt man es: torture someone into doing something (They tortured him into revealing the names.)

Synonyme: torment

Häufige Wendungen: torture a prisoner, torture someone physically, torture someone into