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   tor·tur·ous

   /ˈtôrCH(ə)rəs/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by, involving, or causing excruciating pain or suffering: "a torturous eight weeks in their prison camp"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Anglo-Norman French, from torture ‘torture’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. torturously adverb

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