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tor·ture ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tôrchr)
n.
1. Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
2. An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
3. Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
4. Something causing severe pain or anguish.
beat ( P ) Pronunciation Key (bt)
v. beat, beat·en, (btn) or beat beat·ing, beats
v. tr.
1. To strike repeatedly.
2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
3. To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
I fail to see the difference.
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