torturing
v.v. causing someone great physical or mental pain. You use this when someone is hurting another person on purpose to get information or as a punishment.
v. inflicting severe physical or mental suffering on someone. Present participle of 'torture'; functions as a continuous verb form or a gerund.
The loud noise is torturing the neighbors.
The prisoner claimed that the guards were torturing him to extract a confession.
Historians have documented various methods used for torturing political dissidents during that era, highlighting the systemic cruelty of the regime.
As a verb, it is transitive and requires an object. When used figuratively, it describes intense annoyance or distress.
The torturing of the prisoner was cruel.The torture of the prisoner was cruel.Learners often use the participle 'torturing' as a noun when the standard noun 'torture' is more appropriate for the act itself.