torment.
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Meaning & usage
A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
I've gone through living torment.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
He behaved bitter from the torments of the divorce.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum (“something operated by twisting”), from torquere (“to twist”).
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