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Definition
to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- Tormented by the silence and the refusal the assembly broke into a chant.p. 86.8
- They agreed passionately out of the depths of their tormented private lives.p. 133.5
- The trailing butts hindered her and the sharp, cross-cut points were a torment.p. 135.1
- The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat.p. 138.0
There are no more uses of "torment" in Lord of the Flies.
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