Torture vs. Turtle

Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological suffering on someone by another as a punishment or in order to fulfill some desire of the torturer or force some action from the victim. Torture, by definition, is a knowing and intentional act; deeds which unknowingly or negligently inflict suffering or pain, without a specific intent to do so, are not typically considered torture.Torture has been carried out or sanctioned by individuals, groups, and states throughout history from ancient times to modern day, and forms of torture can vary greatly in duration from only a few minutes to several days or longer.

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines , also known as Chelonia . They are characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell, developed from their ribs, that acts as a shield.

Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.

Any of various aquatic or terrestrial egg-laying reptiles of the order Testudines (or Chelonia), having horny toothless jaws and a bony or leathery shell into which the head, limbs, and tail can be withdrawn in most species.

Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony

Any of various members of this order that live in fresh or brackish water, in contrast to the terrestrial tortoises.

An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish

Chiefly British A sea turtle.

To subject (a person or animal) to torture.

The flesh of certain turtles, used for food.

To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another).

A turtledove.

To overwork, misinterpret, or distort

A turtleneck.

The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony.

To hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation.

The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.

(Nautical) To capsize.

(colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") Stage fright; severe embarrassment.

Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.

(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

A marine reptile of that order.

Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind.

An Ancient Roman attack method, where the shields held by the soldiers hide them, not only left, right, front and back, but also from above.

Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.

(computing) A type of robot having a domed case (and so resembling the reptile), used in education, especially for making line drawings by means of a computer program.

The act or process of torturing.

(computing) An on-screen cursor that serves the same function as a turtle for drawing.

To put to torture; to pain extremely; to harass; to vex.

The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person.

(comptheory) A small element towards the end of a list of items to be bubble sorted, and thus tending to take a long time to be swapped into its correct position. Compare rabbit.

To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

(dance) A breakdancing move consisting of a float during which the dancer's weight shifts from one hand to the other, producing rotation or a circular "walk".

To keep on the stretch, as a bow.

(television) A low stand for a lamp etc.

extreme mental distress

A turtle dove.

unbearable physical pain

(intransitive) To flip over onto the back or top; to turn upside down.

intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;

(intransitive) To move along slowly.

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

(intransitive) To turn and swim upside down.

the act of torturing someone;

(intransitive) To hunt turtles, especially in the water.

torment emotionally or mentally

To build up a large defense force and strike only occasionally, rather than going for an offensive strategy.

subject to torture;

The turtledove.

Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.

The curved plate in which the form is held in a type-revolving cylinder press.

any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming

overturn accidentally;

hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation