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Extreme Cruelty Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

98%7Exact Match!
noun

• extreme mental distress

• unbearable physical pain

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

• the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

verb

• torment emotionally or mentally

• subject to torture

42%7Extreme unkindness
noun

• a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

• feelings of extreme heartlessness

• the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance

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    noun
  • • Sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

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New York Times03 Jan 2013 Down 42
New York Times19 Sep 2000 Across 45
New York Times07 Sep 1999 Across 27
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