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torture [tɔʀtyʀ]feminine noun• chambre or salle de(s) tortures torture chamber• cette attente a été pour elle une véritable torture it was real torture for her to wait around like that* * *tɔʀtyʀnom féminin torture [U]j'étais à la torture — fig it was torture
* * *tɔʀtyʀ nf* * *torture nf1 ( physique) torture ¢; une torture a form of torture; arrêter la torture or les tortures to put a stop to torture; instruments de torture instruments of torture; chambre or salle des tortures torture chamber; sous la torture under torture; infliger la torture à qn to torture sb;2 ( morale) agony; ( de jalousie) torment; la torture psychologique mental torture; trois mois d'attente, j'étais à la torture three months' waiting, it was torture.[tɔrtyr] nom féminin1. [supplice infligé] torturel'attente des résultats fut pour lui une véritable torture he suffered agonies waiting for the results————————à la torture locution adverbiale————————sous la torture locution adverbialeelle n'a pas parlé, même sous la torture she refused to talk, even under torture
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