Extreme suffering, affliction; torment; torture, especially without reason.
The condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause.
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)