torture devices
Tools of agony
Torture devices are instruments designed to inflict pain, typically for extracting confessions, punishment, or intimidation.
Historical examples include the rack, thumbscrews, and iron maiden.
The term extends to anything that causes prolonged discomfort: These shoes are torture devices.
Museums display medieval torture devices as historical curiosities, though many supposed artifacts are Victorian fabrications.
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