Stress and Torture

Stress

Stress verb - To experience concern or anxiety.

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Torture and stress are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Torture" instead the word "Stress" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

Torture verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: the neighbor's dog constantly tortures our cat, barking at him and chasing him down the street

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Stress and torture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stress" instead the word "Torture" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: tortured, torturous, torturing, torturer

emotional	emotional stress	emotional torture
physical	physical stress	physical torture
pure	pure stress	pure torture
sufficient	sufficient stress	sufficient torture
Other adjectives: sheer, unbearable, plain, heavy, constant, massive, extreme, intense, serious, little, psychic, daily, repeated, mental, psychological, general, prolonged.

Nightwatch Dark Is Not Evil : Nightwatch likes to stress this inbetween bouts of assassination and torture.

Source: Roleplay / Twilit Overture
Stockholm Syndrome: King John's torture victims are horrified by the idea of leaving the torture chamber and going to live in the world with all its stress and fast carts and modern technology (like pointy sticks).

Source: Series / Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Laura was short an arm (Kimura hacked it off with a chainsaw during said torture) and could barely even stand due to severe shock, blood loss, and emotional stress, much less fight.

Source: Heroic Safe Mode

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