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retorture

retorture verb: to torture again.

Verb

retorture (third-person singular simple present retortures, present participle retorturing, simple past and past participle retortured)

  1. (transitive) To torture again.

Forms of retorture

third-person singular presentretortures
present participleretorturing
past participleretortured
pastretortured

Origin of retorture

From re- + torture.

Questions about retorture

What does retorture mean?
Retorture means to torture again.
What part of speech is retorture?
Retorture is a verb.
What is the past tense of retorture?
The past tense of retorture is retortured.

Words near retorture in the dictionary

  1. retorting
  2. retortion
  3. retortions
  4. retortive
  5. retorts
  6. retorture
  7. retortured
  8. retortures
  9. retorturing
  10. retoss
  11. retossed

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