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		  torment /törˈment/     noun- Physical or mental pain or suffering
 - A cause of this
 - Torture (archaic)
 - An instrument of torture (archaic)
     ORIGIN: L tormentum, from torquēre to twist   torment /-mentˈ/   transitive verb - To cause extreme pain or suffering to
 - To distress
 - To afflict
 - To pester or tease
 - To harass
 - To torture (archaic)
 - To agitate, stir violently
 - To distort, force violently
    tormenˈted  adjective  tormentˈedly  adverb  tormentˈing  noun and  adjective  tormenˈtingly  adverb  tormenˈtor or tormenˈter  noun - A person or thing that torments
 - A torturer, an executioner (Bible)
 - A long meat-fork
 - A wing in the first groove of a stage, screened from the audience eg by a curtain
  
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