Torment definition

Torment means “to cause worry or vexation to.” Id. at 933.
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Torment means an act or omission that causes unjustifiable pain, suffering, and distress to an animal for a purpose such as sadistic pleasure, coercion, or punishment that an ordinary and reasonable person would conclude is likely to precipitate a bite or attack.
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Torment means an act or omission that causes unjustifiable pain, suffering, and distress to an animal, or causes mental and emotional anguish in the animal as evidenced by its altered behavior, for a purpose such as sadistic pleasure, coercion, or punishment that an ordinary and reasonable person would conclude is likely to precipitate the bite or attack.
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Examples of Torment in a sentence

  • Becoming Sinners: Christianity and Moral Torment in a Papua New Guinea Society.

Related to Torment

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