HyperDic: sleep_deprivation

English > 1 sense of the expression sleep deprivation:
NOUNactsleep deprivationa form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep
English > sleep deprivation: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep.
Broadertorture, torturingThe 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

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