Jail and Torment

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

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Torment and jail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torment" instead a verb "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Torment verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

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Jail and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a verb "Torment".

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

emotional	emotional jail	emotional torment
normal	normal jail	normal torment
regular	regular jail	regular torment
brutal	brutal jail	brutal torment
Other adjectives: horrible, hellish, personal, new, inescapable, alive, magical.

girl	jail girl	torment girl
times	jail times	torment times

Meanwhile, he's targeted by Trevor Royle and dangerous gangster Big Bob with whom John Paul got mixed up in jail - and Finn continues to torment him.

Source: Series / Hollyoaks
Zany Scheme: Jim's always coming up with new ways for Jonathan to torment, humiliate, or jail himself.

Source: Podcast / The Dismal Jesters
In The Boondocks, the place of torment greater than death itself (or its afterlife equivalent) would be Jail.

Source: Fate Worse Than Death / Western Animation

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