torment

  • (noun): A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
  • (noun): Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
  • (noun): 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.)
  • He was bitter from the torments of the divorce system.
  • The child tormented the flies by pulling their wings off.