The Clue
Torquemada's claim to fame (7 letter answer)
The Answer
TORTURE
Tags
Notes
The answer TORTURE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
TORTURE as a noun:
1. (anguish, torment, torture) = extreme mental distress
2. (torture, torment) = unbearable physical pain
3. (agony, torment, torture) = intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; "an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned"
4. (distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting) = the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
5. (torture, torturing) = the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"
TORTURE as a verb:
1. (torment, torture, excruciate, rack) = torment emotionally or mentally
2. (torture, excruciate, torment) = subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"