Antonyms for torturingtor·tur·ing

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1. torture, torturingadjective

   the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

   "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"

   Antonyms:
   painless

   Synonyms:
   overrefinement, agony, torture, anguish, twisting, distortion, straining, torment

2. agonizing, agonising, excruciating, harrowing, torturing, torturous, torturesomeadjective

   extremely painful

   Antonyms:
   painless

   Synonyms:
   harrowing, excruciating, agonising, torturesome, torturous, agonizing

How to use torturing in a sentence?

1. Human Rights Watch:

   Police are torturing criminal suspects to get them to confess to crimes and courts are convicting people who confessed under torture.

2. Roberto Salinas Leon:

   Despite U.S. and international sanctions, Ortega continues to hail his rule as an outcome of democratic representation—torturing and jailing anyone who dares stands in his path, what is the proper response in the face of such defiance and the significant deterioration of U.S.-Nicaragua relations?.

3. Mona Hardin:

   They took pleasure in torturing my son. They took pleasure in hurting him, beating and killing him and letting him stay on the ground.

4. Mitch Skandalakis:

   They’re torturing these kids -- from the time they get on the bus they have to wear a mask to the time they get home they wear a mask, that is eight hours even when they are on the playground. These children are suffering, not learning. When they are not wearing masks properly they are being yelled at.

5. Pastor Laurie:

   The Rome of Paul’s day was a much different place, nero was in power, probably the worst of the Caesars. He became progressively bloodthirsty and took perverse pleasure in torturing and murdering followers of Jesus Christ.

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