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torture chamber collocation[ C ] a room in which great physical or mental pain is caused to someone in order to persuade them to do something or to give information, or to be cruel to them: The soldiers discovered what looked like a torture chamber in the factory cellar. The medieval saga begins in a torture chamber in the dungeons of a castle. The dictator was found to have a number of torture chambers in different locations. It was a piece of medical equipment but it looked as if it belonged in a torture chamber. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Treating people or animals badly a raw dealidiom abuser anti-harassment at the hands of someoneidiom batten batten on someone hit someone where it hurtsidiom ill-treat ill-treatment ill-used impose prey prey on something put someone through something put upon uncared for use victimization victimize victimology |