torture device
Instrument of agony
A torture device is an instrument designed to inflict severe pain, typically for punishment, coercion, or extracting confessions.
Historical examples include the rack, thumbscrews, and iron maiden.
The term extends figuratively to anything causing prolonged discomfort: This chair is a torture device.
- rackFrame for holding items
- iron maidenSpike-lined torture cabinet
- thumbscrewCompression torture device
- thumb screwsFinger-crushing torture instruments
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
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- Cabinet of Curiositiesshrunken head, two-headed animal, mummy, taxidermy, fossil
torture devicesurgical instrument
Tool for operations
medicine · bandage · splint · defibrillator · prosthetic
torture devicemassage chair
Mechanized body-kneading seat
hot tub · heating pad · cushion · pillow · weighted blanket
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