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1 torture
['to: ə] 1. verb(to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc: He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.) týrat, trápit2. noun1) (the act or practice of torturing: The king would not permit torture.) mučení2) ((something causing) great suffering: the torture of waiting to be executed.) muka* * *• mučit• mučení -
2 torture to death
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3 crack
[kræk] 1. verb1) (to (cause to) break partly without falling to pieces: The window cracked down the middle.) prasknout2) (to break (open): He cracked the peanuts between his finger and thumb.) rozlousknout3) (to make a sudden sharp sound of breaking: The twig cracked as I stepped on it.) zapraskat4) (to make (a joke): He's always cracking jokes.) dělat, vykládat5) (to open (a safe) by illegal means.) vyloupit6) (to solve (a code).) rozluštit7) (to give in to torture or similar pressures: The spy finally cracked under their questioning and told them everything he knew.) zlomit se2. noun1) (a split or break: There's a crack in this cup.) prasklina2) (a narrow opening: The door opened a crack.) škvíra3) (a sudden sharp sound: the crack of whip.) prásknutí4) (a blow: a crack on the jaw.) lupnutí, klapnutí5) (a joke: He made a crack about my big feet.) vtipná poznámka6) (a very addictive drug: He died of too much crack with alcohol) derivát kokainu, crack3. adjective(expert: a crack racing-driver.) odborník, expert- cracked- crackdown
- cracker
- crackers
- crack a book
- crack down on
- crack down
- get cracking
- have a crack at
- have a crack* * *• třesk• prasknout• prasklina -
4 extort
[ik'sto:t](to obtain (from a person) by threats or violence: They extorted a confession from him by torture.) vynutit- extortionate* * *• vydírat• vynutit• vymáhat• extort -
5 third degree
(a severe method of questioning people, sometimes using torture etc: The police gave him the third degree.) výslech třetího stupně* * *• třetí stupeň• brutální zacházení
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Torture — Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person,… … Wikipedia
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Torture — Torture … Википедия
Torture — Tor ture (t[^o]r t[ u]r; 135), n. [F., fr. L. tortura, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist, rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre pein to turn, G. drechseln to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. {Contort}, {Distort}, {Extort}, {Retort},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torture — or ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tortured} (t[^o]r t[ u]rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. {tTorturing.}] [Cf. F. Torturer. ] 1. To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex. [1913 Webster] 2. To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
torture — index badger, cruelty, endanger, ill use, inflict, infliction, irritate, mistreat, pique … Law dictionary
torture — [tôr′chər] n. [Fr < LL tortura, a twisting, torture < pp. of L torquere, to twist: see TORT] 1. the inflicting of severe pain to force information or confession, get revenge, etc. 2. any method by which such pain is inflicted 3. any severe… … English World dictionary
torturé — torturé, ée (tor tu ré, rée) part. passé de torturer. • Et sous nos yeux l innocent Calas torturé par les bourreaux n eût point péri sur la roue, J. J. ROUSS. Lett. à l archev. de Paris … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
torture — [n] severe mental or physical pain ache, affliction, agony, anguish, cruciation, crucifixion, distress, dolor, excruciation, impalement, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pang, persecution, rack, suffering, third degree*, torment, tribulation,… … New thesaurus
