Was heißt »Tor­tur« auf Englisch?

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Er gab die Information nicht preis, nicht einmal unter den Torturen der Folter.

He didn't divulge the information, not even under pain of torture.

Kein neuer Schrecken kann fürchterlicher sein als die tägliche Tortur der Normalität.

No new horror can be more terrible than the daily torture of the commonplace.

Synonyme

Ago­nie:

agony

Drang­sal:

tribulation

Höl­le:

hell

Kno­chen­ar­beit:

backbreaking work

hard labor

hard labour

Kno­chen­job:

back-breaking job

Leid:

distress

grief

sorrow

Ma­lo­che:

labour

Mar­ty­ri­um:

martyrdom

Miss­hand­lung:

abuse

maltreatment

mistreatment

Müh­sal:

hardship

Pein:

agony

pain

Pla­cke­rei:

drudgery

grind

Pla­ge:

plague

scourge

Qual:

agony

pain

torment

Schin­de­rei:

oppression

Schlauch:

hose

tube

Schuf­te­rei:

drudgery

slog

Skla­ven­ar­beit:

slave labor

slave labour

Stra­pa­ze:

exertion

strain

trial

Englische Beispielsätze

• Math was created to torture children.

• Even a fly feels, when you torture it.

• It was like torture.

• We're going to torture them.

• Since Tom arrived at Guantanamo Bay he has been exposed to different forms of torture: sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation, extreme temperatures, prolonged isolation, lack of sunlight and limited health care.

• In the U.S., it is illegal to torture people in order to get information from them.

• It is illegal in the United States for law enforcement to use torture to get information.

• It was torture for him to see his girlfriend with another man.

• No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

• He was subjected to torture by the police.

• The cruelty of the torture in the police station is beyond description.