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Folter {f}; Folterung {f} (von jdm.) [listen] torture (of sb.) [listen]

weiße Folter white torture

UNO-Übereinkommen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe UN-Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading Treatment or Punishment

jdn. foltern {vt} to torture sb.

folternd torturing

gefoltert tortured

foltert tortures

folterte tortured

jdn. zu Tode foltern to torture sb. to death

Qual {f}; Quälerei {f}; Tortur {f} [listen] torture [listen]

Qualen {pl}; Quälereien {pl}; Torturen {pl} tortures

Ihr zuzuhören ist manchmal eine Qual. Listening to her can be torture.

Dieses Interview war vielleicht eine Tortur. That interview was sheer torture.

jdn. quälen {vt} to torture sb.

quälend torturing

gequält torturred

von etw. gequält werden to be tortured by sth.

Folterkammer {f} torture chamber; torturechamber

Folterkammern {pl} torture chambers; torturechambers

Folteropfer {n} torture victim

Folteropfer {pl} torture victims

Marterpfahl {m} [hist.] torture stake

Marterpfähle {pl} torture stakes

Folterinstrument {n}; Foltergerät {n} instrument of torture; torture device

Folterinstrumente {pl}; Foltergeräte {pl} instruments of torture; torture devices

Foltermethode {f} method of torture; torture method

Foltermethoden {pl} methods of torture; torture methods

Folterqual {f} agony of toture; torture [listen]

Martertod {m} death by torture

Schandgeige {f} (Folterinstrument) [hist.] neck violin; shrew's fiddle (torture instrument)

Wasserfolter {f}; Wasserkur {f} (Foltermethode) water torture; waterboarding (method of torture)

Daumenschraube {f}; Daumenstock {m} [obs.] (Folterinstrument) [hist.] thumbscrew; thumbkin [obs.]; pillywinks [obs.] (torture instrument)

Daumenschrauben {pl}; Daumenstöcke {pl} thumbscrews; thumbkins; pillywinkses

Streckbank {f}; Folterbank {f} (Folterinstrument) [hist.] rack (torture instrument) [listen]

Streckbänke {pl}; Folterbänke {pl} racks

jdn. auf die Folterbank / auf die Folter spannen to put sb. on the rack; to rack sb.
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