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torture collapse: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"; unbearable physical pain; subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

zap collapse: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact; "they gave it another zap of radiation"; kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"; strike suddenly and with force; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes"

slowly collapse: without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights"

sting collapse: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin; a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles"; deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday"; cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her"

tributary collapse: paying tribute; "a tributary colony"; of a stream; flowing into a larger stream

legislate collapse: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people's spend their free time"

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

dapper collapse: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

finalize collapse: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"

wound collapse: the act of inflicting a wound; a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat; a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost; any break in the skin or an organ caused by violence or surgical incision; put in a coil

lynch collapse: kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"

bowdlerize collapse: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

well-groomed collapse: having your hair neatly brushed and combed; having tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

stab collapse: a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"; stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"

pitiless collapse: deficient in humane and kindly feelings; without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a monster of remorseless cruelty"

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