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pretorture

pretorture adjective: before torture.

Adjective

pretorture (not comparable)

  1. Before torture.
    • Miss A's present level of functioning is close to her pretorture level.2013, John R. Freedy, S. E. Hobfoll, Traumatic Stress: From Theory to Practice

Origin of pretorture

From pre- + torture.

Questions about pretorture

What does pretorture mean?
Pretorture means before torture.
What part of speech is pretorture?
Pretorture is an adjective.

Words near pretorture in the dictionary

  1. pretoriums
  2. pretornal
  3. pretors
  4. pretorship
  5. pretorships
  6. pretorture
  7. pretotype
  8. pretotyped
  9. pretotypes
  10. pretotyping
  11. pretouch

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