Assertion: torture | /r/ObjectUse | used as means
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Among the truly depraved (despots, for example) torture is sometimes used as a means of quashing political dissent, or even as a form of entertainment.
text: But even when torture is employed as a means to extracting information that might save innocent lives, a line has still been crossed.