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Definition for Torment
tore
torn
torment
, n. [ME
tor
-, something operated by twisting.]
Torture; dismemberment; [fig.] excruciating pain.
Suffering; passion; sublimity; intensity; sense of exquisite emotion.
Agony; anguish; grief.
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