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1 extensive use of torture
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2 torture
1. nto put / to subject smb to torture — подвергать кого-л. пыткам
- instruments of torture 2. vto suffer under torture — подвергаться пыткам, страдать от пыток
( smb) пытать, подвергать пыткам (кого-л.)to torture smb into making a false confession — с помощью пытки добиваться от кого-л. признания несуществующей вины
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