to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc: He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.
az: işgəncə etmək, əziyyət vermək
ru: пытать, мучить
♦ noun
1 the act or practice of torturing: The king would not permit torture.
az: işgəncə
ru: пытка
2 (something causing) great suffering: the torture of waiting to be executed.
az: əzab, dərd, əziyyət, istirab
ru: муки