Sleep Deprivation (Noun)
Meaning
A form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Prolonged sleep deprivation is considered a form of psychological torture used by interrogators to extract information from detainees.
- In order to break his resolve, the interrogators employed various techniques including physical beatings and prolonged sleep deprivation.
- Research suggests that the long-term effects of sleep deprivation used as psychological torture can cause permanent psychological damage to victims.
- Guards intentionally interrupted prisoners' sleep schedules as part of the institution's practice of sleep deprivation used to discipline unruly inmates.
- He exhibited all the signs of extreme fatigue resulting from weeks of sleep deprivation during the intensive questioning.