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instrument of torture

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Noun1.instrument of torture - an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person
iron boot, iron heel, the boot, boot - an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
instrument of punishment - an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person
iron maiden - instrument of torture consisting of a hollow iron frame shaped like the human body and lined with spikes to impale the victim
rack, wheel - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
thumbscrew - instrument of torture that crushes the thumb


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Number Thirteen knew nothing of the danger of firearms, but the noise had startled him and his experience with the stinging cut of the bull whip convinced him that this other was some sort of instrument of torture of which it would be as well to deprive his antagonist.
I don't wonder the poor old boy has the blues with a thing like that on"; and Charlie sat looking at what seemed to him an instrument of torture, with such a sober face that Rose took it gently away, and went in to bid Mac good-night.
He had scarcely spoken, when Squeers, in a violent outbreak of wrath, and with a cry like the howl of a wild beast, spat upon him, and struck him a blow across the face with his instrument of torture, which raised up a bar of livid flesh as it was inflicted.
 
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