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Yes, torture is playable

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"Torture" Definition

noun

An instrument or a method for inflicting such pain.
Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony: the torture of waiting in suspense.
Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
Something causing severe pain or anguish.
Anguish of body or mind.

verb-transitive

To bring great physical or mental pain upon (another). See Synonyms at afflict.
To subject (a person or an animal) to torture.
To twist or turn abnormally; distort: torture a rule to make it fit a case.

verb

To cause intense suffering to.
To punish or coerce by inflicting excruciating pain.
To twist or wrench out of shape.

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