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antitorture

antitorture adjective: acting against or opposing torture.

Adjective

antitorture (comparative more antitorture, superlative most antitorture)

  1. Acting against or opposing torture.
    • To be sure, Mr. Panetta emphasized that the president could not bypass antitorture statutes, as Bush lawyers claimed.2009 February 18, Charlie Savage, “Obama’s War on Terror May Resemble Bush’s in Some Areas”, in New York Times

Forms of antitorture

comparativemore antitorture
superlativemost antitorture

Origin of antitorture

From anti- + torture.

Questions about antitorture

What does antitorture mean?
Antitorture means acting against or opposing torture.
What part of speech is antitorture?
Antitorture is an adjective.

Words near antitorture in the dictionary

  1. antitopoisomerase
  2. antitops
  3. antitorpedo
  4. antitorpedos
  5. antitorque
  6. antitorture
  7. antitotalitarian
  8. antitotalitarianism
  9. antitotalitarians
  10. antitourism
  11. antitourist

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