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torso

[tawr-soh]

noun

plural

torsos, torsi 
  1. the trunk of the human body.

  2. a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.

  3. something mutilated or incomplete.



torso

/ ˈɔːəʊ /

noun

  1. the trunk of the human body

  2. a statue of a nude human trunk, esp without the head or limbs

  3. something regarded as incomplete or truncated

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of torso1

1715–25; < Italian: stalk, trunk of statue < Latin thyrsus < Greek ٳýDz wand, stem
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of torso1

C18: from Italian: stalk, stump, from Latin: thyrsus
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The days and weeks that followed brought more unrest in the streets, with police criticized for indiscriminately firing rubber rounds into crowds, injuring scores of people with shots to the face or torso.

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A post on Lanez's Instagram said he was stabbed in the back, torso, head and face and had to be temporarily placed on a breathing apparatus.

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Skarsgård's spymaster drives a knife into his torso to prevent Imperial interrogators from agonizingly extracting compromising information, but survives and is hospitalized under guard.

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An Instagram account ascribed to Lanez said the rapper was stabbed 14 times — including seven wounds to his back, four to his torso, two to the back of his head and one to his face.

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The 32-year-old rapper sustained wounds to his back, torso, head and face and suffered two collapsed lungs in the attack, according to a post on his Instagram account.

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