1. [noun] (obsolete) A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
2. [noun] Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
3. [noun] Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
4. [verb] (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
5. [noun] Unbearable physical pain.
6. [noun] Extreme mental distress.
7. [noun] Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain; 'an agony of doubt'; 'the torments of the damned'.
8. [noun] A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; 'so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors'.
9. [noun] A severe affliction.
10. [noun] The act of harassing someone.
11. [verb] Torment emotionally or mentally.
12. [verb] Treat cruelly; 'The children tormented the stuttering teacher'.
13. [verb] Subject to torture; 'The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible'.
