torture ·verb
Definition: to cause someone severe pain, often in order to make them tell you something Level: C2
据称，1983年，警官们在城市警察局将一名男子折磨致死。
It is claimed that the officers ___tortured a man to death in 1983 in a city police station.
而且一旦他们确信他没有机会找到钱，他们就会折磨他并像动物一样杀死他。
And they would ___torture him and kill him like an animal, as soon as they were convinced that he had no chance of finding the money.
这名囚犯被折磨以获取关于秘密计划的信息。
The prisoner was ___tortured for information about the secret plans.