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torture chamber

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Noun1.torture chamber - a room in which torture is inflictedtorture chamber - a room in which torture is inflicted
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
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torture chamber
n → Folterkammer f
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Then he turned to his servants and said: "Please take General Crinkle to the torture chamber.
The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
He means to make life a sort of torture chamber for us
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
It's simply what I feel around, the whole atmosphere of the place, the whole atmosphere you seem to create around you with these brutes Sarson and Meekins; and those white-faced, smooth-tongued Marconi men of yours, who can't talk decent English; and the post-office man, who can't look you in the face; and Miss Price, who looks as though she were one of the creatures, too, of your torture chamber.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
 
 
 
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