third degree vs torment

third degree

noun
  • Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession 

torment

noun
  • Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. 

  • Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental. 

verb
  • To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.) 

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