Torment

Definitions

1. A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I've gone through living torment.”

“He was bitter from the torments of the divorce.”

“They brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments.”

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